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Stadium architect Dan Meis has flown into Liverpool from the USA to examine the two possible sites for Everton's new ground at Bramley Moore Dock on the waterfront and Stonebridge Cross in Croxteth but just what kind of creations does he draw up?

Precise details of the reconnaissance mission are in short supply and given that the club are still in the early stages of the project there are no guarantees that Colorado-born Mr Meis will eventually design the Blues new home but he certainly has an impressive track record for such developments.

Dividing his time between Venice, California, and New York City, Meis describes himself as "Architect, skeptic and hater of rules" on his Twitter account and as well as designing scores of major sports stadia in his native US he has also been involved in European projects including a major development in the north west England, the Manchester (originally Nynex) Arena.

He has also designed Stadio della Roma, which is the provisional name for AS Roma's planned stadium set for completion in 2019.

Here's a portfolio of some of Meis' work.

Stadio della Roma

A relevant place to start is the aforementioned project in Rome because it's a European football stadium for a club of a similar stature to Everton.

Its planned location is along the River Tiber and is said to be inspired by the city's ancient Colosseum.

The stadium will have a 52,500 capacity but there is scope to expand to 60,000.

(Image: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Although Tottenham are currently building a bowl-style stadium next to their current White Hart Lane home it will be interesting to see whether the Blues plan to build a more traditionally British 'rectangular box' shape.

The stadium, only the second in Italy to be privately owned and financed, has an estimated cost of €300million but the total cost for all facilities and venues including infrastructure is close to €1billion.

Paul Brown Stadium

Nicknamed 'The Jungle', the 65,515 home of the Cincinnati Bengals American Football team opened in 2000 and cost $455million to build.

The first NFL stadium to win an AIA design award, it was the only football stadium to make a list of America's favourite 150 buildings and structures according to a Harris Interactive survey which included skyscrapers, museums, churches, hotels, bridges and national memorials.

Ranked 101st on the list, the only other sport stadia included were iconic baseball parks Wrigley Field, Chicago, (31) and New York's Yankee Stadium (84).

Premium seating options are available in 114 private suites and 7,600 club seats. Amenities include in-seat food and beverage service and access to the club lounges for fine dining options.

Safeco Field

Home of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team, the stadium, which boasts a retractable roof, opened in 1999 and is known as "The House That Griffey Built" after the club's former superstar Ken Griffey junior who departed that year after a decade's service.

It has a 47,943 capacity for baseball but can also be converted for American Football. Its record attendance was 54,097 for Wrestlemania XIX in 2003 while its first public concert featured Paul McCartney in 2013.

Costing $517.6million, like most ballparks built from the 1990s onward, Safeco Field is a 'retro-modern' style that incorporates many of the features of classic ballparks built in the 1950s and earlier but with modern amenities.

Lincoln Financial Field

Known to locals simply as "The Linc", the 69,176 capacity stadium has been home to the Philadelphia Eagles American Football team since 2003.

While total seating capacity is similar to the NFL team's former home Veterans Stadium, the new facility contains double the number of luxury and wheelchair-accessible seats, along with more modern services.

Costing $512million to build, in 2013 it became the 'greenest NFL stadium to date. Energy-efficient additions include 11,000 solar panels, and 14 wind turbines outside and on top of the stadium respectively. These installations account for 30% of the electricity used to run the facility.

The stadium has also regularly hosted football matches such as US international games and high-profile pre-season encounters between major European clubs such as in August 2003 when 68,396 saw Manchester United defeat Barcelona 3-1.

Miller Park

Featuring North America's only fan-shaped convertible roof, which can open and close in less than 10 minutes, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers Major League Baseball team who has large panes of glass which allow natural grass to grow, augmented with heat lamp structures wheeled out across the field during the off-season.

The roof allows the seating area to be heated 30°F warmer than the outside temperature when closed, allowing games to be played in inclement weather and in more comfortable conditions than an open-air stadium to help counter the unpredictable Wisconsin weather in the early spring and late autumn.

Built in 2001 with a capacity of 41,900, the $400million stadium is affectionately known as "The Keg" by home fans in a city where beer production is king.

Although conversions for football require a narrower than standard pitch, Premier League side Swansea City played a friendly there in 2014 against Mexican side Chivas while in a similar game, Newcastle United faced Club Atlas there the following summer.