Kivett and Myers

Kivett & Myers was a Kansas City, Missouri architecture firm that pioneered the design of modern professional sports stadiums.

They went on to design the Cumonow Residence in Mission Hills, the Missouri State Office Building at 13th and Holmes, the old Temple B'nai Jehudah at 69th and Holmes, Spencer Chemistry and Biological Sciences Building at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and the Fairmount Hotel in the Country Club Plaza and the Mission Hills Country Club clubhouse.

[2] The partners had a major role in the introduction and expansion of modern architecture in Kansas City and were committed to modernist principles.

A prominent feature of the stadia design favoured by Kivett and Myers is the spiral ramps leading to the higher echelons of seating.

In 1988 several more architects left HNTB and opened a sports architecture office in Kansas City for Ellerbe Becket.

He worked for Kansas City architects Madorie & Bihr and Hoit, Price & Barnes until 1931, when the economic conditions of the Great Depression caused the latter firm to let him go.

[4][5][1] During World War II Kivett was at Knob Noster, Missouri, where he superintended construction for the air force.