Smith & Company
Smith & Company Architects was founded in 1999 by founder and Principal Architect Terry Smith AIA NOMA. Spring boarded by small school and housing commissions completed on a living room PC, the firm has grown and survived for two decades with a team of talented committed design professionals providing our clients with superior service not often found in a firm of our size and background.
Having completed award winning projects of all types, we have grown especially adept at educational buildings and multi-family housing developments. We work hard to stay ahead of the latest trends in K12 school design, collegiate facilities and campus planning, and housing models for both market rate and affordable and senior tenants. We are a generalist firm, possessing the ability to respect the culture and needs of the client with the context of the communities in which we build. Therefore, as you will see from our project portfolio, we do not conform to a certain signature style, but rather strive to push the envelope within the parameters that are set by our client’s goals and objectives. We delight in designing signature buildings that are beautiful, functional, and successful, while simultaneously developing long standing personal relationships with our clients.
In the increasingly competitive practice of architecture, our office competes successfully with larger firms by partnering with clients who seek big-firm capabilities, but with a small-firm focus. Our relationship-based approach caters best to those clients that are forward and progressive thinking and not bound by the historical image of how society defines an “architect” or “architectural firm”. While we are a minority owned firm, we possess the same, and in many cases, better qualifications and abilities provided by any firm that has been in business for more than two decades. We strongly disagree with any limiting connotation that being a “minority owned” firm might bring and actually pride ourselves on accepting commissions for and designing projects that give us the opportunity to exercise our true abilities.
Awards
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2021 AURORA AWARDS - "GOLD" BEST ACTIVE ADULT LIVING COMMUNITY - FOR RENT
for Law Harrington Senior Living Center - 2017 NOMA Citation Award in the Historic Preservation, Restoration & Renovation Project Category
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2017 Good Brick Award for excellence in historic preservation
The Greater Houston Preservation Alliance - 2016 HBJ Landmark Awards Rehabilitation Renovation
- 2015 Top 25 Prime Contractors, Architects, Engineers, IT & Transportation Diversity Awards
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2014 Outstanding Design Award
American School & University Magazine -
2013 Outstanding Design Award
American School & University Magazine - 2011 Preservation Texas Honors Award in the category of Historic Rehabilitation
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2011 Gold Brick Awards
The Greater Houston Preservation Alliance -
2010 Design Award in the category of Renovation/Restoration
AIA of Houston - 2010 NOMA Professional Design Competition Citation Award in the Built Category
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Top 10 Emerging Minority Businesses
Houston Minority Business Council (HMBC) -
Ranked 2007 Largest Houston-Area Minority-Owned Businesses
Houston Business Journal -
Top 25 Award-Winning and Outstanding Education Design 2007
American School & University Magazine Houston Business Journal, “Staring Connected.”
Timeline
Established 1999
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2001
Tennis & Sports Complex
Baylor University
Waco, Texas -
2005
Conrad N. Hilton Classroom Renovations
University of Houston
Houston, Texas
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2006
Ennis St. Parking Garage
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
Cleburne Ave. Pkg. Garage
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas -
2008
Ft. Pierce Parking Garage
Fort Pierce City
Tampa, Florida
2009
Houston Texans YMCA
YMCA
Houston, Texas
School of Performing Arts
Port Arthur ISD
Port Arthur, Texas2010
Harrell Hall & Buzbee LLC
Texas A&M University | Corps Cadets
College Station, Texas
2011
African American Library
Houston Public Library System
Houston, Texas
Student Serv. & Police Facility
Houston Community College
Houston, Texas2012
METRO
Houston Transit Authority
Houston, Texas
3100 Main Central
Houston Community College
Houston, Texas
2013
Recreational Center
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, Texas
Jaguar Suites
University of Houston
Victoria, Texas2014
Alief Campus Work Force
Houston Community College
Houston, Texas
SE Campus Expansion
Houston Community College
Houston, Texas
Band & Performance Center
University of Houston
Houston, Texas
2015
Temenos Place II
Temenos Community
Houston, Texas
Deluxe Theater
5th Ward, City of Houston & TSU
Houston, Texas2016
Carver Summer Renov
Aldine ISD
Houston, Texas
South Early College HS
Houston ISD
Houston, Texas
Athletic Field House
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, Texas
2017
Port Arthur Early College
PAISD & LSCPA
Port Arthur, Texas
Data Center
Sam Houston State University
Houston, Texas2018
Anderson Academy ES
Aldine ISD
Houston, Texas
Wilson Montessori ES
Houston ISD
Houston, Texas
Woodland Acres
Galena Park ISD
Houston, Texas
2019
Welcome Center
Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, Texas
Spring ISD
SISD 2019 Bond Program
Houston, Texas2020
The Villas at Eastwood
Harris County Housing Authority
Houston, Texas
Telephone Road
Houston Housing Authority
Houston, Texas
2021
Carver Museum Expansion Plan
City of Austin (PARD)
Austin, Texas
Law Harrington Senior Living
The Montrose Center
Houston, Texas2022
MUD No. 24
Northwest Harris County
Houston, Texas
Barbara Jordan Community Center
Harris County Precinct One
Houston, Texas