History
History of Firm
Ottolini & Associates, Architects, is a collaboration between partners Bruce Ottolini and Gordon L'Estrange. Established in 2005, Ottolini & Associates Architects evolved from Ottolini Booth & Associates Architects, co-founded by Bruce Ottolini in 1993.
Bruce Ottolini, AIA NCARB has been practicing architecture for almost 40 years. After co-founding Ottolini Booth & Associates Architects to serve the downtown commercial real estate market in San Francisco, Bruce opened an office in the Sacramento region in the early part of 2000, expanding the practice from predominantly existing building renovation to new ground-up construction and development master planning. Bruce has been responsible for the architecture and construction management of over 4 million square feet of construction in the Bay Area and Northern California. He has had extensive experience developing spaces for various tenant types including banks, travel agencies, medical offices, retail shops, food service and professional service firms as well as federal and state agencies. Through his work as an owner’s representative, he has developed projects that include sound life cycle design concepts that provide his clients with significant operational cost saving returns over the life their buildings.
Gordon L'Estrange, AIA joined Bruce Ottolini in Sacramento in 2005 after working in the commercial sector in downtown San Francisco for over ten years. Gordon was the Building Owner representative and commercial tenant interior contact for a number of downtown high-rise office buildings. Additionally, he was designer and managing architect of the seismic upgrade and historic renovation of the Grabhorn Press building, 1335 Sutter Street in San Francisco, which included a successful historic tax credit application. His experience also includes the design and construction administration of a new four-story office building in Fremont, California, the assessment of existing building conditions, as well as historical residential renovation.
Gordon is also involved with various Public Agency building code committees and was chair of the BOMA San Francisco building codes committee from 2001 - 2005.