Which architect designed the two yellow arches on McDonald's 1950s restaurant buildings?

Architect Stanley Meston designed the two yellow arches used on McDonald's 1950s restaurant buildings.

Meston worked with McDonald's to create a highly visible restaurant design for the company's new, faster hamburger format. The buildings featured large golden arches at the sides, making them easy to identify from the road and giving the growing chain a consistent appearance.

Those building arches came before the familiar single graphic logo. In 1962, Jim Schindler adapted the architectural idea into the stylized Golden Arches mark. This distinction matters: Meston is associated with the restaurant structure, while Schindler is associated with the later logo design.