At the start of 2020 we began restructuring the firm while also planning a new website that better reflects Salazar Architect’s social mission and growth to 16 staff. The new site highlights our unique public interest design Approach and the Design, Advocacy and Research work that we do…

In early 2020, Salazar Architect received a Net Zero Emerging Leaders Internship grant from Energy Trust of Oregon (ETO) to hire an intern for 12 weeks to further our AIA 2030 Commitment goals.  Our intention with this opportunity was to research and test a prototypical sustainable design process that would be implemented across all of our projects…

Construction has started at the Fountain Place Apartments Redevelopment! We are proud to have collaborated with Home Forward, Lorentz Bruun Construction, and Peter Meijer Architect, PC (PMA) throughout the design & permitting process…

Black Lives Matter. We have been taking a moment to process and listen to Black leaders in our community. We also want to be mindful of the space we’re taking up and practice knowing when to listen and when to speak. Our team has been talking about how we can continue to educate ourselves…

Congratulations to Welcome Home Coalition for the successful win at the ballot box last night! Portland voters approved Measure 26-210 with 57% of the vote, a new tax that will raise around $2.5 billion for homeless services over the next decade. We’re excited to know that homeless services will…

In 2019 Salazar Architect grew substantially and sharpened its focus. We now have 16 staff and last month marked our 13th year anniversary at a time when the world is regressing across so many fields, from politics and immigrant rights to the environment and public health. So, I want to share with you, in this annual newsletter, our excitement about…

We are thrilled to announce that our project Vibrant! has been honored with the Rethinking The Future Award for 2020! It was designed with sustainability, community, and creating a healthy space in mind…

We're thrilled to announce Salazar Architect has established an ownership track for key staff who are making significant contributions to advance our firm's mission…

We're excited to present this first image of the nearly completed Cascadian Terrace community room! Influenced by a community design workshop process early in the effort, the design introduces a heathy food-oriented program into this affordable housing community near PCC Campus in NE Portland…

We're thrilled to announce that our Vibrant! design won an Honorable Mention in the 2019 International Design Awards! This affordable housing high-rise provides 93 family size units, with 40 set aside as Permanent Supportive Housing…

Salazar Architect would like to thank everyone that attended our second annual Open House (12 Year Anniversary)! It’s hard to believe it has already been over a year in our new space…

Enjoying a great discussion / presentation on the connection between historic redlining, equity, homelessness and mental health at the Housing California Conference in Sacramento. It has been a great conference so far, learning a lot about the state of the art from experts in the field of affordable housing…

The Salazar Architect-infillPDX team is thrilled to be selected by a collaborative of community based organizations (Hacienda CDC, Rose CDC, PCRI, Verde and Kate Allen Development Services) to assist in creating an equitable and inclusive community-based accessory dwelling unit (ADU). Units will be developed to serve low income tenants in the Cully, Lents and Inner North/Northeast Portland…

Team Salazar is thrilled to be selected for Prosper Portland's On-Call Architecture Services! We're proud to have made the first cut, and humbled to be considered alongside so many high-quality Portland architecture firms. We look forward to collaborating with Prosper Portland in the future, and supporting their mission to create vibrant neighborhoods & communities.