alex spatzier architects

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  • projects
  • Residential
    Suburban House Santa Rosa, CA
    Filmaker's House Los Angeles, CA
    Ceramic House Detroit, MI
    Lift House Oakland, CA
    Side House Oakland, CA
    Courtyard House Friendswood, TX
    Light House Maine
    Aqua Addition Richmond, CA
    Additional Additions Berkeley, CA
    Oxford Renovation Berkeley, CA
    Henry Porch Oakland, CA
    Printers Studio Berkeley, CA
    Color Cottage Berkeley, CA
    Interiors
    Cabinet / Courtyard Alameda, CA
    Bed/Bath/Bench Berkeley, CA
    Island Kitchen Berkeley, CA
    Riebli Renovation Sonoma, CA
    Monte Vista Apartment Piedmont, CA
    Housing
    Atlas Road Housing Richmond, CA
    Pacific Ave Housing Santa Rosa, CA
    Linden Historic Addition Oakland, CA
    Arts
    Tree Studio Porch Oakland, CA
    Timber Workshop/Garage Oaland, CA
    Riebli Studio/Workshop Sonoma, CA
    Educational / Recreation
    Squash Learning Center Oakland, CA
    Commercial
    270 Sears Point Sonoma, CA
    Master Planning
    Atlas Road Housing Richmond, CA
    Pacific Ave Housing Santa Rosa, CA
    Riebli Ranch Sonoma, CA
    Installation/Pavillion
    Stranger Confessional Installation
    Roaming No Signal Installation
    Shed/Sign, HVAW SF, Installation
    A Tent for Queens Installation
    Full Circle Installation
  • tools
  • Simple Loads ™ a bad energy analysis
    Will it Bend a stupid structural helper
    ... more soon

    We're creating tools – bad tools – that, despite their imperfections, are good because they allow us to analyze, inspect, evaluate, and generate architecture and design beyond the typical disciplinary boundaries of architects. Our first tool, Simple Loads, lets us determine how much energy a building uses in just minutes, without the need for costly consultants, and incorporate this information into early design decisions. It's fast, it's imperfect (±20% error), but it makes us better architects. Our goal is to produce a suite of simple tools that are just good enough to provide the approximate information we need to make intentional and informed decisions about the technical aspects of a project during early conceptual design.

  • presentations
  • Wood 3 Ways CU Denver 9 17 2024
    some WIPs College of San Mateo 10 5 2023
  • about
  • Our work focuses on conceptually driven architecture through residential, commercial and other small scale projects.

    We work on larger commercial, institutional, and cultural projects with ALTO where Alex is a founding partner.

    Alex is a licensed architect in California, Michigan, and Texas having studied architecture at UC Berkeley. Before graduate school he studied physics, astronomy and math at Oberlin College. He has taught architectural studios at UC Berkeley and has been a guest critic at University of Michigan, UT Austin, UC Berkeley, and CCA.

    We're based in Oakland CA and work on projects throughout the US.

  • contact
  • phone 510 423 3204
    email info@spatzier.com
    studio 5621 Lowell Street A2, Oakland CA 94608
    ig @spatzier
  • clients
  • Selected Clients and References available upon request, please email us with a brief description of your project.
    Copyright © Alex Spatzier Architects 2024
  • ideas / oldies
  • A Tent For Queens
  • A Stranger Confessional
  • Roaming, No Signal
  • Full Circle
  • Color Cottage