ALTO
About
ALTO is an architectural firm focusing on large scale cultural, community and unique development projects. We combine forward thinking contemporary design with a rigorous approach to both the technical and financial aspects of our projects. Our clients include non-profits, community based developers, fashion companies, arts clients, and various other commercial and individual projects.
We begin every project with a deep collaborative process between our clients, stakeholders and our team of designers and architects. We’re able to take on a large range of project types and scales due to the wide range of experience we’ve had on all scales and types of projects. We regularly collaborate with a variety of designers, expert consultants, engineers, and contractors to deliver complex and unique projects within budget and on schedule.
ALTO takes on all types of projects, from large multifamily commercial developments, to small restaurants as well as neighborhood non-profit projects. We take on selective residential projects through the partner’s separate residential practices.
Partners
Tommy Haddock, Principal Architect
Tommy is a licensed architect in California and Michigan. He has practiced with SANAA in Japan on award winning projects around the world. He has a wide range of experience with community spaces, workplace design, residences, landscapes and urban design. He also has experience leading design on various interiors, retail environments, furniture, and public art installations. Throughout every type and scale of project he brings a sensitivity to contextual atmosphere and the human scale.
Alex Spatzier, Principal Architect
Alex is a licensed architect in California, Michigan, and Texas with a multidisciplinary background in physics, art and architecture. He is experienced in a wide variety of projects including multifamily housing, master planning, residences, art galleries and studios and workspaces. He has also worked on large and small offices, cafes, retail spaces, medical office buildings, commercial spaces as well as various historic preservation and adaptative reuse projects.
Employment
We are currently accepting interns.
ALTO is an architectural firm focusing on large scale cultural, community and unique development projects. We combine forward thinking contemporary design with a rigorous approach to both the technical and financial aspects of our projects. Our clients include non-profits, community based developers, fashion companies, arts clients, and various other commercial and individual projects.
We begin every project with a deep collaborative process between our clients, stakeholders and our team of designers and architects. We’re able to take on a large range of project types and scales due to the wide range of experience we’ve had on all scales and types of projects. We regularly collaborate with a variety of designers, expert consultants, engineers, and contractors to deliver complex and unique projects within budget and on schedule.
ALTO takes on all types of projects, from large multifamily commercial developments, to small restaurants as well as neighborhood non-profit projects. We take on selective residential projects through the partner’s separate residential practices.
Partners
Tommy Haddock, Principal Architect
Tommy is a licensed architect in California and Michigan. He has practiced with SANAA in Japan on award winning projects around the world. He has a wide range of experience with community spaces, workplace design, residences, landscapes and urban design. He also has experience leading design on various interiors, retail environments, furniture, and public art installations. Throughout every type and scale of project he brings a sensitivity to contextual atmosphere and the human scale.
Alex Spatzier, Principal Architect
Alex is a licensed architect in California, Michigan, and Texas with a multidisciplinary background in physics, art and architecture. He is experienced in a wide variety of projects including multifamily housing, master planning, residences, art galleries and studios and workspaces. He has also worked on large and small offices, cafes, retail spaces, medical office buildings, commercial spaces as well as various historic preservation and adaptative reuse projects.
Employment
We are currently accepting interns.
Projects & Clients
| Arts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| T&H Art Studio | Art Studio | 400 SF | Oakland, CA |
| Timber Workshop | Studio / Woodshop | 1,800 SF | Oakland, CA |
| Riebli Workshop | Shop | 4,200 SF | Sonoma, CA |
| Wav.Field | Public Art Installation | 100 SF | San Francisco, CA |
| Loft Gallery & Studio | Art Gallery | 1,140 SF | San Francisco, CA |
| Work / Office | |||
| Front Workshop | Office/Workshop | 650 SF | Oakland, CA |
| Richmond Workshop | Office/Workshop | 400 SF | Richmond, CA |
| Pottery Workshop & Studio | Workshop / Studio | 650 SF | Oakland, CA |
| Tower Office | Office Interior | 1,400 SF | San Francisco, CA |
| Educational / Community | |||
| Plaza para Soñar | Cultural Plaza | 14,350 SF | Lanzarote, Spain |
| Tri Ân Monument | Memorial | 6,440 SF | Louisville, KY |
| Hospitality | |||
| Palace Hotel | Hotel + Community Mixed Use | 85,000 SF | Ukiah, CA |
| Thee Stork Club | Bar & Music Hall | 6,000 SF | Oakland, CA |
| June's Pizza | Restaurant | 1,600 SF | Oakland, CA |
| Commercial | |||
| BAGGU | Retail + Flagship | 3,000 SF | NY & SF |
| BAGGU | MoMA Popup Shop | 600 SF | New York, NY |
| Sears Point Port | Retail / Offices / Workshop | 6,600 SF | Point Sonoma, CA |
| M5 / Jamie Hyneman | Mixed Use | 2,700 SF | San Francisco, CA |
| KLW Investments Roof Terrace | Public Roof Terrace | 4,200 SF | San Francisco, CA |
| Honey's Roof | Restaurant | 720 SF | Chicago, IL |
| Collectors Universe | Headquarters & Operational Facilities | 74,550 SF | Santa Ana, CA |
| Housing | |||
| Linden Historic Housing | Multifamily Housing | 6,300 SF | Oakland, CA |
| Ashland Home | Duplex | 16,200 SF | Detroit, MI |
| Atlas Road Housing | Housing Feasibility Study | 70,000 SF | Richmond, CA |
| Pacific Ave Housing | Housing | 18,000 SF | Sonoma, CA |
| One Mission Bay | Four Condos | 10,400 SF | San Francisco, CA |
| Residential | |||
| Film Maker's House | Residence + Theater | 3,400 SF | Los Angeles, CA |
| Historian's Home | Residential Additions | 900 SF | Berkeley, CA |
| 1919 House | Residence | 4,300 SF | San Francisco, CA |
| A2 Additions | Residential Additions | 1,100 SF | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Helen St Residence | Residence | 2,300 SF | Detroit, MI |
| Ceramicists's House | Residence & Studio | 2,600 SF | Detroit, MI |
| Santa Rosa House | Residence | 5,300 SF | Santa Rosa, CA |
| Shadow House | Residence | 5,800 SF | Houston, TX |
| Ocean House | Residence | 6,300 SF | Maine |
| Aqua Addition | Addition | 800 SF | Contra Costa, CA |
| Riebli Ranch | Residence | 4,300 SF | Sonoma, CA |
| Lift House | Residence | 3,500 SF | Sonoma, CA |
| Lombard Penthouse | Historic Victorian Addition + ADU | 3,800 SF | San Francisco, CA |
| Cabin in the Woods | Residence | 1,630 SF | Jenner, CA |
| Eagles Nest Cabin | Residence | 1,850 SF | Jenner, CA |
| Temescal Kitchen Extension | Addition + Renovation | 400 SF | Oakland, CA |
| Meriloma Addition | Addition + Renovation | 650 SF | San Francisco, CA |
| Interiors | |||
| Bed/Bath/Bench | Interior Renovation | 750 SF | Berkeley, CA |
| Oxford Street Historic | Interior Renovation | 3600 SF | Berkeley, CA |
| Monte Vista Apartment | Interior Renovation | 750 SF | Oakland, CA |
| Park Street Kitchen | Interior Renovation | 850 SF | Berkeley, CA |
| San Mateo Great Room | Interior Renovation | 450 SF | San Mateo, CA |
| 1880 Sutter Victorian | Interior Renovation | 2,100 SF | San Francisco, CA |
| Midcentury Bath & Kitchen | Interior Renovation | 305 SF | Berkeley, CA |
| Landscapes | |||
| Redwood Landscape | Landscape / Garden | – | Redwood City, CA |
| Temescal Landscape | Exterior Living Space | – | Oakland, CA |
| Potrero Landscape & Terrace | Garden Terrace & Patios | – | San Francisco, CA |