Dan Meis, FAIA, of Meis Architects has announced that he will merge his practice with the global architecture firm Aedas. Meis, designer of Los Angeles' iconic Staples Center, Seattle's SafeCo Field and Cincinnati's Paul Brown Stadium, is currently designing the recently announced Los Angeles NFL Stadium.   

Meis has recently diversified his practice to include the design of residential, mixed-use, retail, and corporate headquarter facilities.

Aedas, currently ranked as the world's fourth largest architecture firm, employs over 2200 architects in 35 offices worldwide. They have design centers in Hong Kong, New York, and London, and the strategic addition of a Los Angeles location to the long-standing presence in New York will further enhance Aedas' position in the Americas.

"This was an amazing opportunity for us to add extreme diversity and global reach to our practice," says Meis. "Los Angeles is a very large market with clients in every market sector.   Aedas is one of the most sophisticated design firms on the planet and I am excited to be a part of bringing a large firm of this quality, diversity and reputation to the Los Angeles market."

In addition to mixed-use resorts, transportation, corporate, and retail projects, Aedas has designed one of the world's tallest condominium towers in Dubai, currently under construction.

"Aedas is delighted to be working with Dan. His wealth of experience and design talent will be a tremendous asset to Aedas," says Keith Griffiths, RIBA, FHKIA, chairman of Aedas.

"Under Dan's leadership, the L.A. office will become an international design center with projects across Asia and the Americas. We are particularly looking forward to establishing a strong sports design practice at Aedas and having Dan's insight to further develop the Aedas practice globally," adds J. Max Bond, Jr., FAIA, senior partner of the New York office of Aedas.