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Dan Meis | |
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| Born | 1961 (age 63–64) Windsor, Colorado, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | American Institute of Architects fellowship |
| Practice | MEIS Architects |
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Dan Meis,FAIA,RIBA[1] (born 1961) is an American architect known for designing sports and entertainment facilities includingStaples Center,Safeco Field,Paycor Stadium,Saitama Super Arena,Stadio Della Roma,[2] andEverton FC's newEverton Stadium.
Meis began his career inChicago under the mentorship of architectHelmut Jahn. He later co-founded the sports and entertainment practice ofNBBJ before establishing his own firm, MEIS Architects, in 2007.[3] It has offices inNew York City andLos Angeles, California.
His firm has recently formed a partnership withMaria Sharapova to build tennis, fitness, and wellness centers.[4] MEIS is also working with entertainment giantLive Nation to design venue upgrades across a portfolio of outdoor amphitheaters.[5]
His design for AS Roma's Stadio Della Roma includes football's tightly organized seating bowls.[6] The stadium is wrapped in a floating stone "scrim", which is intended to evoke theColosseum.[7] 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.[8]
While atEllerbe Becket in the 1990s, Meis designed the indoor arena Nynex Arena (nowManchester Arena) in Manchester, England, and led the design competition that won the $750 millionSaitama Super Arena in Japan.[9] Meis then left Ellerbe Becket to join NBBJ, establishing NBBJ's sports division with Michael Hallmark and Ron Turner.[10] Meis designed theStaples Center in Los Angeles, the Dodge Theater (nowComerica Theatre) in Phoenix,Miller Park in Milwaukee,Safeco Field in Seattle,Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, andPaul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, which was the first NFL facility to win an AIA design award.[11]
Meis's design for Los Angeles's Staples Center has been stated as the "greatest arena ever built",[12] and in 2001, he appeared inTime magazine as one of their "100 Innovators in the World of Sports".[13] Meis's work has twice been awarded theBusiness Week/Architectural Record Award, and he is the only architect twice recognized as one ofSports Business Journal's "40 under 40 Most Influential Sports Executives".[14]
In 2007, Meis was elevated to the College of the Fellows of theAmerican Institute of Architects.[15]
Meis studied environmental design and engineering at theUniversity of Colorado in Boulder, and later received a Bachelor of Architecture from theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago.[16]
Since 2011, Meis has served as an adjunct professor for stadium design at theUniversity of Southern California.[17]
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