Architecture, planning,
and construction
since 1990

A small studio in Hesperia, California. Commercial, industrial, and residential work across Southern California and the State of Hawaii. The principal draws the buildings; the principal answers the phone.

Fig. 01 — Studio reel · selected sites Hesperia · Apple Valley · Kona
Founded 1990, Hesperia, CA
Principal Thomas R. Steeno
Architect CA · HI
Contractor GC (B) Class
Coverage 5 counties + HI

§ 01 — Studio

Steeno Design Studio is a Hesperia architecture and construction practice serving San Bernardino, the Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties, with continuing work in Hawaii.

Commercial, industrial, residential, and construction-related work handled as one continuous responsibility from feasibility through certificate of occupancy.

The Steeno Design Studio office on Hesperia Road
Fig. 01b — The studio · 11774 Hesperia Rd. Hesperia, CA
Freightliner Truck Repair render
File P-09 · Industrial High Desert, CA · —

Industrial — Selected work

Freightliner Truck Repair

High Desert, CA · — · —

A truck-repair and driver-services facility for a Freightliner operator. Service bays, driver lounge, and site signage drawn at the scale of a working logistics yard.

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McNulty Bistro render
File P-08 · Commercial High Desert, CA · —

Commercial — Selected work

McNulty Bistro

High Desert, CA · — · —

A restaurant interior for a local operator, drawn around kitchen-to-dining-room flow, exposed structure, and the shift from daytime service to evening light.

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§ 02 — Recent work

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You'll look fine in a Steeno Design.

Thomas R. Steeno, principal architect
Fig. 02 · Principal Hesperia, CA
A corner of a Steeno Design Studio drawing set
Fig. 02b · From the drawing set

§ 03 — Principal

Thomas R. Steeno,
architect & builder.

Steeno Design Studio is owned and operated by Thomas R. Steeno, a licensed architect in California and Hawaii and a licensed general contractor in California.

The studio runs on direct communication, careful drawings, and one person taking responsibility for the work from the first conversation to the finished building.

California Architect

#C-26448

Hawaii Architect

#AR-17436

General Contractor

#769569

§ 04 — Services

Five sections / one contract

Full service. Single source.

Contracting with Steeno Design Studio gives the owner a single source of responsibility for the whole project, from programming through certificate of occupancy. You concentrate on running the business. The studio delivers the building.

01

Pre-design

Owner programming, site analysis, code review, and feasibility. The reading of a project before a line is drawn.

  • Programming & feasibility study
  • Site visits & analysis
  • Existing facility surveys
  • ADA, life safety & code analysis
  • Building consultation
  • Space planning

02

Design

Conceptual through final design across commercial, industrial, residential, and renovation work.

  • Conceptual, schematic, final design
  • New buildings
  • Additions & alterations
  • Renovation & restoration
  • Interior design
  • Landscape design

03

Documents

Construction documents drawn in-house and coordinated with structural, MEP, and fire-protection consultants.

  • Construction documents
  • Structural, mechanical, electrical design
  • Fire protection systems
  • Bid documents

04

Construction Admin

On the site through certificate of occupancy: bidding, review, inspection, and as-built coordination.

  • Bidding assistance
  • Construction inspection
  • Shop drawing review
  • As-built plans
  • Design / build options

05

Specialty

Visualization and analytical services delivered in-house or through long-standing consultant partners.

  • Artistic renderings
  • 3D modeling
  • Acoustic analysis
  • Green-design solutions

§ 05 — To open a file

Begin a project
with the studio.

Call the office, write Tom an email, or stop by Hesperia Road. Initial conversations are unbilled. The point is to understand the building before anyone talks scope.

Inside the Steeno Design Studio office
Fig. 03 · Inside the studio Hesperia Rd.

Office

11774 Hesperia Rd. Ste B1

Hesperia, CA 92345