Tomaro Architecture

Tomaro Architecture is a residential architecture firm based in Manhattan Beach, California, founded in 1990. The practice focuses on high-end custom residential design in the greater Los Angeles area, with a client base built primarily on referrals and repeat work — a profile consistent with a boutique office in which relationships and long-term client satisfaction shape the portfolio as much as any particular house style. The firm describes its approach as listening carefully to clients and responding to their specific needs, and it positions quality of design and quality of construction as equally central concerns rather than in tension with one another. For buyers, a home designed by Tomaro Architecture is typically a bespoke commission rather than a speculative build, which means the program — the room count, the indoor-outdoor balance, the material palette — was usually arrived at through a detailed client process. That specificity is a reason to look carefully at what was asked for rather than assuming the house will suit a different program without alteration.