Donald L. Thuotte is a Custom Home Designer specializing in single family homes, working with many styles and sizes of projects ranging from bathroom renovations, remodels, additions, to new homes from the ground up.
Don Thuotte is originally from the Portland, Maine area where he worked for twelve years at the F. S. Plummer Company Inc., the largest home builder in the state. Starting out as a draftsman, he worked his way up to lead designer, designing and drafting plans for over 700 homes and a number of small commercial buildings – including Windham Crossing, a 19-unit office condominium building.
Moving to California in the mid-1980's, he studied architecture as SCI-ARC (Southern California Institute of Architecture) where he was in the top of his class. He later went on to work for Southern California architectural firms such as Barry Berkus A.I.A., Blake Shelters A.I.A., and Alan Boivin A.I.A. In 1989 he opened his own design firm.
With his firm located within the greater Los Angeles area, Don worked with clients in the San Fernando Valley and LA’s Westside, where he worked on many homes along the Venice Canals. He also worked with clients in the South Bay area in the beach cities of Torrance, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, theHollywood Riviera, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Don Thuotte is surrounded by a team of professionals in the fields of structural engineering, soils engineering, grading engineering, land survey, and interior design. He has also worked with numerous city building and planning departments, as well as the California Coastal Commission, to get his client’sprojects approved.
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