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Salter Pilon has a portfolio covering major government sectors – education, senior housing, healthcare, emergency response, workspace environments and community centres, and has been honored for achievements in design in these sectors. Our firm’s work is characterized by synergetic problem solving, creative space design, technical excellence and a rigorous approach to project delivery through strong project management capabilities.
We design buildings with resilience and adaptability at their core, ensuring they meet evolving needs for years to come. Prioritizing occupant wellness and operational efficiency, our designs optimize current use while fostering transformative future interactions.
From the outset, we integrate expansion, flexibility, and site-specific adaptability into the design narrative—seamlessly uniting architecture, construction, and environment to serve both client and community long-term.
Salter Pilon is an architecture firm with a holistic team approach to
design delivery and constructibility.
We design high-performing, environmentally responsible, and cost-effective buildings. By integrating sustainable materials, innovative systems, and efficient construction methods, we create healthy environments for occupants. Our collaborative approach—engaging clients, engineers, and builders—ensures quality architecture, sparks innovation, and delivers maximum value.
With diverse expertise, we design using both traditional and innovative construction types to achieve optimal design outcomes. Our work spans Ontario, including schools, senior and affordable housing, recreation centres, office environments, emergency response facilities, and bespoke entertainment interiors.
Salter Pilon is a team of passionate building enthusiasts that contribute in a meaningful and responsible way to the built environment, creating community spaces and lifestyle places that enrich lives. Our approach is guided by five core principles: collaboration, reliability, creativity, adaptability, and passion.
Our team embraces transformative, human-centred design through interdisciplinary discovery and problem-solving. We nurture design-led solutions that address client challenges and building opportunities for a future place.
We design for people. By incorporating storytelling, we clarify project goals and create user experiences that resonate with the values of our clients. We engage stakeholders with connectivity through visioning and community sessions to explore design intent and develop encompassing functional, wellness-focused spaces that serve their occupants effectively.
Salter Pilon is a full-service architectural and interior design firm specializing in public sector projects, including healthcare, education, senior living, and civic buildings. We guide owner groups with practical framework to enhance design outcomes, optimize operations, and meet sustainability targets within budget targets.
Committed to client success, we prioritize in-house value engineering to maintain cost and schedule control. During construction, our contract administrators encourage collaboration and open communication, ensuring smooth execution of complex projects. Our holistic, multidisciplinary approach enhances seamless project management from inception to completion.
Since 1960, Salter Pilon has designed engaging spaces that foster human connection. Our deep expertise in educational facility architecture has shaped our understanding of how built environments influence experience and inclusivity.
Expanding into healthcare, we integrated wellness-driven design, blending architecture with nature through biophilic environments and sustainable landscapes—evident in mass timber at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and the sculptural timber canopy at Credit Valley Hospital.
Our emphasis on institutional architecture, has given us the nimble capabilities to pivot into a variety of design for place and space, where people learn, live, work and play. Today, we champion inclusive, organic design formation being driven by inherently diverse groups to create accessible buildings for equitable, flexible and intuitive use.
