What Martinez Architects does

Martinez Architects is a Houston-based architectural design firm specializing in fire stations, police facilities, public safety training centers, and municipal operation buildings for government clients across Texas and Oklahoma. Founded in 2012 as a Texas limited partnership, the firm operates from five regional offices (Houston headquarters, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Oklahoma City) and has delivered more than 90 projects for municipal fire departments, emergency service districts (ESDs), police departments, and other public agencies. Core service categories include Fire Station Design, Law Enforcement Facility Design, Public Safety Training Facility Design, and Municipal Operation Facility Design, supported by specialty services in 3D modeling, BIM-led code compliance, sustainable/LEED-certified design, and renovation and adaptive reuse.

The firm's delivery model is project-based, owner-led professional services. Partners and principals personally lead each engagement through a four-phase approach (Services assessment, Programming, Schematic Design, Design Development) with cost-estimating milestones at 50%, 75%, and 95% coordination sets. Underlying technology is conventional for the architectural profession: 3D modeling for schematic visualization, Building Information Modeling (BIM) for code compliance and coordination, and NFPA-aligned design methodology. The firm is an AIA 2030 Commitment signatory and has achieved USGBC LEED Gold certification on projects such as the City of Irving Central Fire Station.

Commercially, Martinez Architects runs a sales-led, relationship-driven enterprise field sales motion targeting municipal, county, and special-district government buyers. The firm states that 90% of work comes from satisfied clients, indicating that referral and repeat commissions are the dominant demand-generation channel, supplemented by Lunch and Learn sessions, industry events, a project portfolio website, and an opt-in newsletter. Pricing is project-based, custom-quoted, and not publicly disclosed, with engagements typically structured as multi-year contracts running from programming through construction administration.

Name

Martinez Architects

Legal name

Martinez Architects, LP

Website

https://martinez-architects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Martinez Architects is a Houston-based architectural design firm specializing in fire stations, police facilities, public safety training centers, and municipal operation buildings for government clients across Texas and Oklahoma, operating from five regional offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Public safety architecture
• Fire station design
• Law enforcement facilities
• Municipal architecture services
• Training facility design

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Project-based professional services revenue from architectural programming, schematic design, design development, and construction administration for fire stations, police facilities, training centers, and municipal operations buildings. Engagements are won primarily through referrals and repeat clients, with owner-led project teams.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Martinez Architects provides architectural design services for public safety and municipal facilities, organized into four core service categories: Fire Station Design, Law Enforcement Facility Design, Public Safety Training Facility Design, and Municipal Operation Facility Design. Engagements cover programming, schematic design, design development, and construction administration, supplemented by renovation, adaptive reuse, and sustainable (LEED-certified) design capabilities, and delivered as custom, owner-led professional services engagements to government clients across Texas and Oklahoma.

Product overview

Martinez Architects delivers a single unified architecture practice rather than a software platform — its offering is organized around four core service categories (Fire Station Design, Law Enforcement Facility Design, Public Safety Training Facility Design, and Municipal Operation Facility Design), supported by cross-cutting specialty services including 3D Modeling and Visualization, BIM and Code Compliance, Sustainable Design, and Renovation and Adaptive Reuse. The four core service lines map directly to the firm's published "What you need to know about us" categories, and individual client engagements (e.g., Central Fire Station, Police Indoor Tactical Training Center, Fire Training Facility, Logistic Center) are the named "products" in the portfolio, delivered primarily across Texas through offices in Houston, Dallas Area, Austin, San Antonio, and Oklahoma City.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fire Station Design Architectural design of new fire stations and renovations, including drive-through apparatus bays, decontamination flow, dormitories, fitness areas, training spaces, and administrative support. Portfolio spans 2+ and 4+ bay stations, LEED-certified and cancer-reduction-focused designs for municipal fire departments and ESDs across Texas.
• Law Enforcement Facility Design Design of police stations, police headquarters, and combined municipal facilities housing courts, police, and city administration, with attention to secure circulation, evidence handling, and public-facing interfaces for municipal law enforcement agencies.
• Public Safety Training Facility Design Design of fire training facilities, police training centers, and combined joint-use training campuses including burn buildings, indoor reality-simulation environments with programmable lighting/sound/smoke, classrooms, driving tracks, rappelling features, trench rescue props, and CPAT structures.
• Municipal Operation Facility Design Design of municipal operation and support facilities including logistics/fleet maintenance centers, EMS stations, emergency operations centers, dispatch/emergency communication centers, and administration buildings for public safety agencies.
• Renovation and Adaptive Reuse Service Renovation of existing fire stations, police headquarters, and dispatch centers, including envelope renovations that create two-story living environments, building additions, dispatch center interior build-outs, and adaptive reuse of City Hall buildings for police use.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of work sourced from satisfied/repeat clients
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major.

• ParkhillmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-architecture partner on the City of Irving Central Fire Station, a two-story drive-through LEED-certified facility with public-facing museum exhibits. Project page explicitly notes "In collaboration with Parkhill" and credits Parkhill as a collaborator on the LEED certification.
• Joiner ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrior experience collaboration on multiple The Woodlands Township projects, including Fire Station 1 and Admin, Fire Station 2, Fire Station 5, Fire Station 6, and Fire Station 8. Project pages credit "Prior Experience with Joiner Architects" and reference Joiner Architects as a co-architect on the project image alt text.
• JSA ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner on the City of Odessa Fire Station 6 and Fire Station 9 projects. Project pages note "In collaboration with JSA Architects" and image alt text credits JSA Architects on the Odessa fire station work.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• W Architecture & Engineering: Specialist architecture and engineering firm focused on fire stations, police facilities, and emergency services design across the U.S. Closest pure-play competitor to Martinez Architects in vertical focus and municipal client base.
• LPD Architecture (formerly LeMay Group): Architecture firm specializing in fire, EMS, and police facility design with a strong municipal client base. Highly comparable vertical focus and project types to Martinez Architects.
• Wight & Company: Design firm with a dedicated public safety practice delivering fire stations, police facilities, and training centers. Comparable in targeting municipal clients with specialized design services.
• FGM Architects: Mid-sized architecture firm with significant public safety portfolio (fire stations, police, EMS) and municipal client base across multiple states. Directly comparable in scale and vertical focus.
• SchenkelShultz Architecture: Architecture firm with a public safety practice designing fire stations, police facilities, and emergency operations centers, primarily for Florida and Southeast municipal clients.
• Mackey Mitchell Architects: Mid-sized architecture firm with a public safety practice designing fire stations and training facilities, primarily serving Midwest municipal clients. Comparable in vertical specialization and firm scale.

Broad incumbents

• DLR Group: Large national AEC firm with an established public safety design practice serving municipal clients across the U.S. Competes with Martinez for larger multi-station programs but offers broader services.
• Stantec: Global design and engineering firm with architecture capabilities in public safety facilities through its acquisitions of SHW Group and others. Represents the national-scale incumbent threat to specialist firms.
• HOK: Global design firm with public safety and civic architecture practices. Competes for larger municipal and civic programs but typically not for the mid-sized municipal fire/police station niche.

Others

• Parkhill: Texas-based architecture and engineering firm that has collaborated with Martinez Architects on the LEED-certified City of Irving Central Fire Station. Both competitor and collaborator in the Texas public safety market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/martinez.architects

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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