Harley Ellis Devereaux


HED is an architecture and engineering firm based in Royal Oak, Michigan with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, Dallas, Texas, Denver, Colorado, Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego, California. The firm was founded in 1908 by architects Alvin E. Harley and Norman S. Atcheson.

Activities

HED is one of the 200 largest design firms in the United States, employing more than 400 professionals including architects; mechanical, electrical, and structural engineers; landscape architects; interior designers; graphics, signage, and equipment designers; and laboratory design specialists. The firm specializes in multiple practices including healthcare, workplaces, mixed-use and residential, Pre K-12 schools, higher education, civic and cultural, mission critical, science and advanced manufacturing, community, and federal and transportation.

HED buildings

Office locations

History of firm names

Since its inception in 1908, the firm has existed as:
  • Harley and Atcheson
  • Alvin E. Harley, Architect
  • Harley and Ellington
  • Harley, Ellington and Day
  • Harley, Ellington, Cowin and Stirton
  • Harley Ellington Associates
  • Harley Ellington Pierce Yee Associates
  • Harley Ellington Design
  • HarleyEllis
  • HED

Awards

  • Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For, 2005 - 2021
  • ZweigWhite, Hot Firm List, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Top Ten Green Projects, AIA COTE, West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library, 2016
  • Top Ten Green Projects, AIA COTE, Lake View Terrace Library, 2004
  • Metropolitan Detroit 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For, 2001 - 2021
  • AIA Michigan Firm of the Year, 2000