document.writeln("<table><tr><!-- Culture Story INTRO --><td align=left valign=top width=25%><a href=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2003/0806/culture_1-1.html><img src=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2003/0806/images/12224_image_1.150.jpg width=150 height=150 border=0 alt='ArchWeek Image'></a></td><td align=left valign=top width=75%><p style='text-align: left'><a href=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2003/0806/culture_1-1.html><font size=+0 face=Helvetica,Arial color=#000000>150 YEARS OF  SMITHGROUP</font></a></p><p style='text-align: left'>The Detroit-based SmithGroup turns 150 this year, making it the oldest architecture firm in the United States. It is also the country's fifth largest, according to a 2002 report from <i>Building Design & Construction.</i> A look back at past successes and recent innovations — such as in the <a href='/cgi-bin/wlk?http://www.architectureweek.com/2002/0313/news_1-1.html'>McNamara Terminal</a> and <a href='/cgi-bin/wlk?http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0418/environment_2-1.html'>Chesapeake Bay Foundation headquarters</a> — and a look ahead to projects still on the boards demonstrate that the <a href='/cgi-bin/wlk?http://www.smithgroup.com/noflash.asp'>SmithGroup</a> continues to reinvent itself.</p><p style='text-align: right'><a href=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2003/0806/culture_1-1.html><img src=http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/images/continue.gif width=96 height=22 border=0 alt=Continue...></a></p></td></tr></table>");
