Dan Meis

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Dan Meis
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Born1961 (age 6263)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
OccupationArchitect
Awards American Institute of Architects fellowship
PracticeMEIS Architects
Projects

Dan Meis, FAIA, RIBA [1] (born 1961) is an American architect best known for designing sports and entertainment facilities including Staples Center, Safeco Field, Paycor Stadium, Stadio Della Roma, [2] and Everton FC's new Everton Stadium. He began his career in Chicago under the mentorship of well-known architect Helmut Jahn, and later included time at sports architecture firms, including co-founding the sports and entertainment practice of NBBJ. Meis currently operates his own independent studio established in 2007, MEIS Architects, [3] with offices in New York City and Los Angeles, California.

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Meis has developed a reputation for out-of-the-box, innovative thinking through creating projects that redefine their respective building types. [4] His design for AS Roma's Stadio Della Roma, is among the world's most state-of-the-art football stadium designs and includes one of international football's most tightly organized seating bowls. [5] The ultra-modern, steel and glass stadium is wrapped in a floating stone “scrim”, which is intended to evoke Rome's most iconic landmark, the Colosseum. [6] Everton FC's new stadium, which will replace the historic Goodison Park, home to the team since 1892, will be located at Bramley-Moore Dock, [7] a UNESCO world heritage site on the banks of the River Mersey. Currently under construction, the new MEIS designed MLS stadium for FC Cincinnati, located in Cincinnati's West End neighborhood, will have an estimated seating capacity of 26,000 to 26,500, making it one of the largest soccer-specific stadiums in North America. [8]

His firm has recently formed a partnership with Maria Sharapova, to build tennis, fitness, and wellness centers. [9] MEIS is also working with entertainment giant, Live Nation, to design venue upgrades across a portfolio of outdoor amphitheaters. [10]

While at Ellerbe Becket in the 1990s, Meis designed Europe's largest indoor arena, the Nynex Arena (now Manchester Arena) in Manchester, England, and led the design competition that won the $750 million Saitama Super Arena in Japan. [11] Meis then left Ellerbe Becket to join established Seattle practice NBBJ, establishing NBBJ's sports division with Michael Hallmark and Ron Turner. [12] Meis designed the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Dodge Theater (now Comerica Theatre) in Phoenix, Miller Park in Milwaukee, Safeco Field in Seattle, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, which was the first NFL facility to win an AIA design award. [13] Meis' design for Los Angeles' Staples Center has been heralded as the "greatest arena ever built", [14] and in 2001 he appeared in Time magazine as one of their "100 Innovators in the World of Sports". [15] Meis' work has twice been awarded the prestigious Business Week/Architectural Record Award and he is the only architect twice recognized as one of Sports Business Journal's "40 under 40 Most Influential Sports Executives". [16]

Meis' work has been featured in numerous publications including Architectural Record, Metropolis, Architectural Digest , [17] Sports Illustrated , [18] Business Insider , Bloomberg, [19] Wired magazine, [20] Los Angeles Times , [21] I.D., L.A. Architect, Stadium & Arena Management and SPACE magazine, and he is a frequent lecturer at architectural schools across the world. In 2007, Meis was elevated to the College of the Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. [22] Meis' ability to re-imagine typical ideas of what a building can be was highlighted in a November 2015 Sports Illustrated and Wired Super Bowl 100 Series [23] feature on “The Future of Stadium Design”. [24]

Education

Meis studied environmental design and engineering at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and later received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago. [25]

Beginning in 2011, Meis served as an Adjunct Professor for Stadium Design at the University of Southern California. [26]

Sample sports projects designed by Meis

Sample commercial projects designed by Meis

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