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'''HLW''' is ana awardfull-winning, globalservice design, architecture and planning firm. HLW is headquartered in [[New York City|New York, NY]], with offices in [[Madison, NJNew Jersey]]; [[Stamford, Connecticut]]; [[Los Angeles]] and [[San Francisco|San Francisco, CACalifornia]]; [[West Palm Beach, LondonFlorida]]; and Shanghai[[London]]. HLW is one of the oldest continuously operating design firms in the United States, tracing its beginnings to 1885.

===Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz (1885-19101885–1910)===

The firm traces its origins to 1885, when [[Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz]] worked on the design of the Metropolitan Telephone Building on Cortlandt Street between [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] and [[Church Street (Manhattan)|Church Street]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>An 1896 profile of Eidlitz lists his earlier works. Montgomery Schuyler, "C.L.W. Eidlitz," ''Architectural Record'' V (April 1896): 411-35411–35.</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/1893-Print-Telephone-Telegraph-Building/dp/B005DGKMKO Print of Telephone and Telegraph Building] Amazon.com{{Dead link|date=January 2024}}</ref> Eidlitz was the son of noted architect and a founder of the [[American Institute of Architects]] [[Leopold Eidlitz]] and nephew of [[Marc Eidlitz]], a major New York builder. The commission began the firm’sfirm's long association with what was to become the [[New York Telephone Company]] and, later, [[Verizon]].<ref>[{{cite news|last=Romero |first=Simon |title=TECHNOLOGY; Attacks Expose Telephone's Soft Underbelly |date=15 October 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/technology/15PHON.html?searchpv=nytToday&pagewanted=all ''|newspaper=The New York Times'' (15 Oct 2001)]}}</ref>

*1885 -– [[Alexander Graham Bell]] commissions first Manhattan telephone building

===Eidlitz & McKenzie (1900-19101900–1910)===

In 1905, the firm designed one[[One of New York’s first and most famous skyscrapers,Times Square|The New York Times Building]]<ref>[{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00E4DE1030E733A25757C0A96E9C946397D6CF ''NY|date=4 August 1902 |title=A New Home for the New York Times''] |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> on the site then renamed [[Times Square]] in its honor. The task was complicated by the simultaneous construction of [[Early history of the IRT subway|a subway]] at the building’sbuilding's foundation.

*1900-19091900–1909 -– The New York Times Tower, No. [[1 Times Square]]

*1910-19191910–1919 -– [[VerizonBarclay–Vesey Building|New York Telephone Building]]

===Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith (1940-19551940–1955)===

In 1940, [[Max H. Foley]] and [[Perry Coke Smith]] became partners, and [[Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith]] was formed. The offices were recorded as being located at [[101 Park Avenue]], New York City.<ref name=Questionnaire/>

During World War II, the firm’sfirm's contribution to the war effort began with a commission to design [[United States Army Air Corps|Army Air Corps]] bases in [[Trinidad]]. Laboratories geared to defense follow, along with structures at the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] and facilities necessary for the transport of heavy military equipment.

During this period, [[Benjamin Lane Smith]], one of the firm’sfirm's chief designers, became a partner; however the firm’sfirm's name remained Voorhees, Walker, Foley & Smith.

Projects of note during this period included [[Argonne National Laboratory]] (the research center for the [[U.S. Atomic Energy Commission]] in Lemont, [[Illinois]]) and the [[Savannah River Plant]] in Aiken, [[South Carolina]], which was built on a site larger than the entire island of Manhattan.

*1940-19451940–1945 -– Bell Telephone Research Laboratory

===Voorhees, Walker, Smith & Smith (1955-19591955–1959)===

In 1955, Voorhees, Walker, Smith & Smith was formed, reflecting Foley's departure and [[Benjamin Lane Smith]]'s earlier inclusion as partner.

*1950-19591950–1959 -– School of Engineering, [[Columbia University]]

===Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith & Haines (1959-19641959–1964)===

In 1959, Charles Haines, a principal contributor to the firm's design work for research facilities, became a partner. [[Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith & Haines]] was formed. The main office of the company was located at 101 Park Avenue, New York City. The original building was replaced by a new building at the same location with the same address. During the 1959-19641959–1964 period, a branch office was located at [[2 Park Avenue]].

*1960-19691960–1969 -– NASA/[[History of Goddard Space Flight Center|Goddard Space Center]]

*1961 -– [[Stony Brook University#Campuses|Stony Brook University Campus]]<ref name=SBweb>{{cite web|title=Architecture and Design|url=http://www.stonybrook.edu/libspecial/collections/archives/sbbibliography.shtml#arch|work=Stony Brook University Special Collection and Archives|publisher=SUNY Stony Brook|accessdateaccess-date=12 May 12, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith & Haines|title=State University of New York, Long Island Center, Stony Brook-Setauket, New York :[developers]|year=1961 |publisher=Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith & Haines|location=}} Found at Stony Brook University Library Archives LD3844 .S82}}.</ref>

*1961 -– [[Eleutherian Mills]] Historical Library (since 1984 the [[Hagley Museum and Library|Hagley Library]]).

===Smith, Smith Lundberg & Waehler (1964-19681964–1968)===

In 1964, after [[Robert Lundberg]] and [[Frank J. Waehler]] became partners, a newly christened [[Smith, Smith Lundberg & Waehler]] was formed.

With the celebration of its seventy-fifth anniversary in the early 1960s the firm began to expand its operations internationally. At the same time, the office continued to design extensive testing and research facilities for both private and government clients within the United States. One notable example of this work was the [[Goddard Space Flight Center]], a multi-building project for the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]], was completed in 1965 to implement President [[John F. Kennedy]]’s's commitment to put a man on the moon. With the retirements of [[Benjamin Lane Smith]] in 1966 and [[Perry Coke Smith]] in 1968, the Smith names were dropped from the firm of [[Haines, Lundberg Waehler]].

'''Works as Smith, Smith Lundberg & Waehler :'''

*1961 -– [[Stony Brook University#Campuses|Stony Brook University Campus]]<ref name=SBweb />

*1968 -– Searle Chemistry LabaratoryLaboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago<ref>{{cite web|title=Smith, Smith, Haines, Lundberg and Waehler|url=http://photofiles.lib.uchicago.edu/db.xqy?show=browse21.xml%7C105|work=University of Illinois at Chicago Archival Photographics Files}}</ref>

==History of Haines, Lundberg & Waehler (1968-present1968–present)==

Following Perry Coke Smith's retirement in 1968, the firm's name was changed to [[Haines, Lundberg Waehler]], or HLW. International projects allowed the firm to bring their designs outside the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the Centro Sperimentale Metallurgico, a research center for the development of steel projects was completed on a {{convert|125|acre|km2|adj=on}} site outside Rome and the International Institute Of Tropical Agriculture, a research and housing facility on a {{convert|3000|acre|km2|adj=on}} site in [[Ibadan, Nigeria]]. In order to accommodate growth in its overseas practice, the firm created a new division of operations, HLW International, with its first offices in [[Beirut]] and then in [[Athens]] with projects extending to [[Lebanon]] and [[Saudi Arabia]].

In 1982, the first Midtown Manhattan office of the [[U.S. Trust Corporation]] was restored by the firm to the original 1896 design by [[McKim Mead and White]], while accommodating the requirements of a 1980s office. HLW won awards from the [[New York Landmarks Conservancy]], the [[Building Owners and Managers Association]], and the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metrovsa.org/pastawards.htm|title = 凯发k8娱乐-官网}}</ref> In 1983, significant modifications were made for the existing Chemical Bank World Headquarters at [[277 Park Avenue]] in Manhattan. This design included the enclosure of an existing plaza to create Chemcourt, which provided the city with a park-like enclosed space.

Exactly 100 years after the firm’sfirm's beginning with a commission to design the first telephone building in New York, a new project for NYNEX Corporation was initiated, as was a training center for [[The Travelers Companies|The Travelers]] Insurance Companies]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut]].

In the decades since HLW’sHLW's 100th anniversary, the firm has extended to broadcast, film and television industries. For [[Fox20th StudiosCentury Fox]] in [[Los Angeles]], HLW created a {{convert|50|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus that housed the first fully digital network broadcast center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.akropolis.net/members/hlw_la/MODERNMB/medium.ahtml?ProjectId=S3R100AU1 |title=Member of Akropolis.net - the Internet Community for Architecture, Design and Construction |access-date=19 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030507111318/http://www.akropolis.net/members/hlw_la/MODERNMB/medium.ahtml?ProjectId=S3R100AU1 |archive-date=7 May 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The project incorporated several buildings, creative site/landscape design and over {{convert|1000000|sqft|m2}} of historical renovations. When [[Avon Products]] hired the firm to design a new global research and design center, HLW relocated the company from its old space into its new {{convert|227500|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility in New York. Additional 21st -century work includeincludes the [[United Nations Secretariat Building]] and North Lawn Conference Building, and [[Google]]’s's East Coast Headquarters at [[111 Eighth Avenue]].<ref>http://www.contractmagazine.com/contract/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003594119&imw=Y {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

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