We’re pleased to announce that two of our major developments in Sacramento, Cornerstone, and Mutual on the Boulevard, have completed construction, allowing more than 200 households to move into the apartments and enjoy the safety and stability of a home.

Oregon is facing a housing crisis in nearly every county, and in recent years the scarcity of affordable housing has been worsened by several devastating wildfires. In response to this broadening housing crisis, Hacienda CDC and Salazar are developing, designing, and testing modular, mass timber housing prototypes. This pilot project sets the stage for (1) creating housing prototypes that can be rapidly constructed and delivered to sites across Oregon; and (2) bolstering economic development through the creation of manufacturing jobs at a future mass timber production facility.

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States, and in honor of this, we are sharing a brief look at Latinx representation in architecture, and most importantly, celebrating our Latinx team members’ career paths and the richness they bring to our work and firm.

The Community Design Lab (CDL) is one way Salazar grounds our projects in equity– by involving the users of the building and intentionally engaging the communities who usually don’t have a seat at the table. Most importantly, we share decision-making power with them. Our roots are in community organizing, and we feel a particular affinity to work that allows us to explore the intersection of community design with community organizing– especially among groups that directly serve culturally-specific populations.

Our team is fundamentally committed to equitable, sustainable design and to bringing environmental justice outcomes to the historically disenfranchised communities we serve.

Wow, it’s been a busy summer! We are excited to share that three more of our developments received Design Review Approval this summer: Aldercrest Apartments Renovation and New Community Building in Gresham, OR; Maple Apartments in Oregon City, OR; and Goldcrest Apartments in Beaverton, OR.

Teisha Bradley is a NOMA Foundation Fellow and Salazar Architect's new Summer Intern! We're excited to have her join and contribute to our affordable housing design teams. She recently graduated with a Master of Architecture and a Certificate in Teaching Arts and Design from Rhode Island School of Design…

Our Sustainable Design Lab here at Salazar is proud to announce that our firm has joined more than 250 architecture, engineering & construction firms by signing onto the Build Back Better letter, encouraging the Biden Administration to take swift action to…

Our Sustainable Design Lab has been hard at work expanding our environmental design expertise and net zero energy research over the past few years. Part of this has included meaningful ongoing collaborations with the Portland State University Research Based Design Initiative (PSU RBDI) and the Energy Trust of Oregon Net Zero Emerging Leaders Internship (ETO NZEL).

During previous semesters with…

Salazar Architect encourages everyone, during the month of June, to take in Vanport Mosaic and Design As Protest’s History Is Now! storefront exhibit at Portland's North Park Blocks. This memory-activism walk will immerse you in Oregon's silenced histories…

Salazar recently held three 90-minute listening sessions and one 90-minute design workshop as part of our community engagement process for our project with…

Please join us in welcoming Alejandra Madrinan, our newest team member! Alejandra has deep experience in building envelope and sustainable design for…

Las Adelitas, is starting construction! We're so grateful to collaborate and work with the amazing team…

Please join us in welcoming our newest team member, Alix Ogilvie! Alix is a licensed architect in …

So glad to hear that our Small Homes NW affordable ADU development is endorsed…