2024-12-31T00:25:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150157067/matt-rossetti-on-tennis-design Sean Joyner 2019-09-05T14:00:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f1788b7969900a451b210a501b097326.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Sports journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/tdnewcomb" target="_blank">Tim Newcomb</a> has <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/timnewcomb/2019/09/03/matt-rossetti-architect-of-american-tennis-stadiums/#416279021aa5" target="_blank">penned an intriguing exploration</a> of tennis stadium design, looking at the architecture through the work of Matt Rossetti, an architect and established expert in this typology.</p> <p>Rossetti started in tennis design in 1990 with his father's architecture firm, Rossetti Architects. Now the president of the firm, Rosetti still seeks to push the envelope in tennis design. "We are trying to redefine the tennis stadium every time," Rossetti expressed in Newcomb's article, acknowledging the tendency architects tend to have to repeatedly reinvent something.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4c/4cfab0185583c43afb76c9c994542091.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4c/4cfab0185583c43afb76c9c994542091.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Miami Open Tennis Complex. Rossetti Architects. Photo by Rafael Gamo</figcaption></figure><p>Newcomb dives into Rossetti's innovative design of the 2019 Miami Open that was held in the Hard Rock Stadium. Here, Rossetti introduced a temporary pop-up stadium within the existing 65,000-seat football stadium. "I think about what we did for the Miami Open and I think a lot of people are going to look at that as a future trend, where you c...</p>