Robert Mittelstadt Architect is a sole proprietorship in the general practice of architecture in San Francisco. The firm provides a full range of architectural services, including design, production, and construction administration. Capabilities also include programming, feasibility study, land and building analyses, project budgeting, interior design and space planning, landscape design, lighting design, and development assistance.

The firm was established with the winning of the Fremont Civic Center Architectural Competition, having been awarded the commission to design and oversee the construction of the City Hall and Police Headquarters, the first two elements.

Major works in addition to the Fremont Civic Center include the Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden at Stanford University and the design of Hawthorne Plaza, a 20-story office building in downtown San Francisco. Professional architectural registration is held in California, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, new York, and Washington.

Mr. Mittelstadt received a Bachelor of Arts degree in architecture cum laude from the University of Minnesota, a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University, and the Rome Prize Fellowship with the American Academy In Rome. He interned in the offices of Harry Weese, Eero Saarinen, Paul Randolph, and The Architects Collaborative, In mid-career he was employed as Senior Vice President and Director of Design in the Washington office of Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum and was Design Director in the New York office of Gensler & Associates.

He taught architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, at Cal Poly, Pomona, where he was Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture, and at Stanford University, where he was Associate Professor and Director of the Stanford Program in Architecture.

His work has been published in the AIA Journal, Architectural Record, Interiors, Architecture Urbanism, Archetype, Arquitectura, Architectural Forum, and Global Architecture. His work has been exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Art, the San Jose Museum of Art, The San Diego Museum of Art, and the Architectural League of New York.