
Senior Associate | L.A., Thornton Tomasetti
Fred Fontana is a Senior Associate at Thornton Tomasetti with an architectural background. He leads the facades engineering discipline in the Los Angeles office. Having worked in Brazil, Madrid and Los Angeles, Fred has over a decade of experience on international projects His portfolio includes existing buildings, new designs, airports, museums, and office buildings.
Fred’s design approach emphasizes the development and optimization of systems featuring complex geometries and interfaces, with a particular focus on support strategies and accommodating structural and seismic movements. He has developed expertise in supporting architectural and construction teams throughout the design, tendering, and site supervision phases of facade projects. Ultimately, derisking and realizing projects.