Our Story
Architectural Precision, from Summit to Shoreline
A sophisticated, design-forward architectural advisor — editorial and confident, educating and inspiring first, selling quietly.
AltaVetro was built around a specific belief: that luxury architectural doors and windows — the same class of large-format, thermally broken systems specified into $10M+ estates — should be within reach for the design-conscious homes being built in the mountains and along the coast. Accessible luxury is the phrase we've settled on for the position, and it is the entire framing of what we do.
We supply architectural doors and windows for two premium lifestyle climates: alpine and mountain-resort environments, and beach, coastal, and tropical markets. Today that starts at home in Colorado — from Aspen, Vail, Telluride, Steamboat, and Breckenridge to the Front Range estate corridor of Denver, Boulder, Cherry Hills Village, and Colorado Springs — with distribution rights across the American West. Every specification is configured to the project — panel dimensions, glass, finish, hardware, threshold detail — and every install is coordinated through our manufacturer-certified partner, The Install Company.
The systems themselves are what carry the position. Thermally broken aluminum construction throughout the premium series. NFRC-certified performance across the product lines. CW-PG55 commercial-grade performance available on the bi-fold and demanding specifications. Altitude-specific IGU detailing standard on mountain-county projects, and impact-rated hurricane pin systems available for coastal and high-wind specifications. Seventy-plus door design styles and twelve-plus designer finishes plus custom colors, so the specification fits the architecture rather than the other way around.
How We Work
Every AltaVetro project starts with a design consultation. Bring us the plans, the architect, or a napkin sketch. In one or two working sessions we walk through the architecture, the openings the design is asking for, the finish palette, and the specific configuration decisions that shape the specification — glass, hardware, threshold detail, structural context. The specification comes with a price at the end of that conversation, not before it.
From there, the pathway is direct: specification package to the architect, order placement, custom fabrication (typically 6-12 weeks), delivery coordinated to the framer's rough opening completion, and certified installation through The Install Company. The whole coordination is closed within the same pathway, so the GC receives one integrated timeline rather than two disaggregated vendor schedules.
This is the position we hold. Accessible luxury, engineered for the peaks and the coast, delivered through a coordinated supply-and-install pathway. It is what makes AltaVetro a specification a project owner or architect can rely on from consultation through year twenty.
The Principals
Meet the Founders

Co-Founder & Product Principal
Mark Palitto
Mark Palitto is co-founder of AltaVetro, the luxury architectural doors and windows brand for mountain and coastal living. He specializes in large-format glazing systems and works with architects, builders, and homeowners across alpine-resort and coastal markets to specify thermally broken aluminum doors and windows for high-end custom homes.
- — Co-Founder, AltaVetro
- — Architectural Glazing & Fenestration Specialist
- — Large-Format Door & Window Systems

Co-Founder & Design Principal
Bronn Strange
Bronn Strange is co-founder of AltaVetro, based in Colorado. He focuses on the design and configuration side of the business — finishes, glass, sightlines, and bespoke configurations — helping design-conscious clients and specifiers translate architectural intent into engineered door and window systems.
- — Co-Founder, AltaVetro
- — Architectural Design & Finish Configuration
- — Custom Glazing Solutions
The Studio
Consulting from Denver, Serving the West
AltaVetro is based in Denver and consults on projects across Colorado and the broader West. Design consultations are typically held at your architect's studio, on-site at the project, or in our Denver space — whichever fits the way you and your team work best.
For architects, builders, and GCs specifying an AltaVetro package, the pathway is set up to hand over cleanly at each stage — from schematic to construction documents to installation. We can be as involved or as hands-off as the project's team is asking for.


The Consultation
Begin With a Design Consultation
Share the project, the architecture, and the openings. We will guide you through finishes, glass, hardware, and configuration — and the manufacturer-backed installation that follows.