Associate
Douglas Stebbins came to FDA in
1995 with over 9 years of experience
as an practicing architect working on
all aspects of theatre and performing
arts center design.
For eight years he was a project architect and designer with Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, playing an active role in the planning, renovation and design of more than a dozen theatres.
Douglas specializes in reconciling theatrical and architectural issues such as Building Codes and ADA requirements.
He worked with The Rockwell Group on the new Venetian Casino theatre and was the project manager for new Guthrie Theatre complex in Minneapolis.
A skilled designer who solves difficult ADA issues, he led FDA’s efforts in programming and design of that major three theater project with the Paris and Minneapolis offices of Jean Nouvel. Douglas served as FDA’s project manager for a half dozen Florida projects, including the $455 million Carnival Center for Performing Arts in Miami, where he coordinated the firm’s work with several architects, project engineers, and acousticians. He is currently working on the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, two theaters at the Marins Bay Sands Casino Project in Singapore as well as the Zaryadye redevelopment project in Moscow.
Since joining FDA in 1995, Douglas has worked on both the unbuilt Mirage and MGM Grand theatre designs; the Pittsburgh Public Theatre with Michael Graves Architects; the performance hall for the University of North Texas at Denton with Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer; and the award-winning Spencer Theatre in Ruidoso, New Mexico, with Antoine Predock.
Prior to joining FDA, he figured prominently in the redevelopment of New York’s 42nd Street Theatre District, and was project architect for the award-winning renovation of The New Victory theatre in New York City, under the direction of architect Hugh Hardy of HHPA.
Douglas holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture from Syracuse University, and has completed a professional development course on theatre design at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
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