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Architecture and PlanningMinnesota, United States2-10 Employees
Salmela Architect is an architecture and planning practice based in Duluth, Minnesota. Founded and led by David Salmela FAIA, the firm has practiced since 1969 and is a small architectural practice with a portfolio across Minnesota that includes both rural and urban commissions. Notable projects include Brandenburg's Ravenwood Studio in Ely and the Emerson Sauna in rural Duluth, each honored with National AIA Honor Awards for Architecture in 1998 and 2005, respectively. Another project, the Jackson Meadow Development in Marine on St. Croix, earned a National AIA Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design in 2005. The Yingst Pavilion received a National AIA Small Projects Award in 2011, and the Bagley Classroom Building was recognized in 2012 as a standout sustainable design project by the COTE program, illustrating the firm's sustained engagement with sustainability and context.