What Blalock & Partners does

Blalock & Partners is an architecture firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, led by principal Kevin Blalock, AIA. The firm specializes in public-sector architecture, with a core practice spanning libraries, fire stations, public works facilities, and civic buildings. It is licensed in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming, and has executed projects outside its core geography, including a project in California.

The firm's differentiation centers on sustainable and high-performance civic design. It delivered Salt Lake City Fire Station 14, described as the first Net Zero Energy fire station in the country, and has accumulated 50-plus industry awards between 2010 and 2025, with continued recognition through 2025 for projects such as the Utah Clean Energy Climate Innovation Center. The firm pursues selective partnerships with nationally recognized practices (e.g., Brooks + Scarpa, Coen + Partners) and multidisciplinary collaborators (e.g., Loci Landscape Architects), most visibly on the Southern Utah University arts campus and the Jordan River Parkway competition.

Blalock & Partners operates as a privately held, principal-led professional services firm earning revenue through architectural fees on civic and, selectively, residential and commercial commissions. Its go-to-market is anchored in municipal procurement, repeat government clients (e.g., Spanish Fork City, Salt Lake City), and design-competition wins. The firm has no external investment and runs a small team (11–50 employees), implying an organic, reputation-driven growth model.

Name

Blalock & Partners

Legal name

Blalock + Partners

Website

https://blalockandpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Blalock & Partners is a Salt Lake City-based architecture firm founded in 2004 that designs civic buildings — libraries, fire stations, and public works facilities — for municipal and government clients across the Intermountain West, with leadership in sustainable design.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Public sector architecture
• Sustainable building design
• Civic facility architecture
• Net zero energy design

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional architectural services for public sector clients including municipalities, fire departments, library systems, educational institutions, and government agencies. Services include design, programming, master planning, and full project delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Blalock + Partners is an architectural design firm providing full-service, collaborative architectural design services including master planning, programming, interior and exterior design, and adaptive re-use projects for civic, public sector, and institutional clients. The firm specializes in sustainable and net-zero energy buildings such as fire stations, libraries, public works facilities, and community buildings across Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming.

Product overview

Blalock + Partners is an award-winning architectural design firm established in 2004, offering a full-service, collaborative approach to architectural projects. The firm operates across multiple service categories including Community Projects, Library Design, Public Safety Facilities (fire stations and training centers), Public Works Architecture, Residential Architecture, and Unbuilt/Conceptual Projects. The firm's portfolio demonstrates expertise in sustainable and net-zero design, with projects ranging from civic buildings and libraries to fire stations, administrative facilities, and residential developments throughout Utah and surrounding states. The firm is directed by principal and founder Kevin Blalock, AIA, and holds licenses in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• First Net Zero Fire Station in the country - Salt Lake City Fire Station 14
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Loci Landscape Architects (LOC|I)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Joint entry with award-winning landscape architecture firm LOC|I based in Salt Lake City for the 'On the River's Edge' Jordan River Parkway design competition. Proposed 'WEAVE' solution winning Jury Award Grand Prize and Connectivity Innovation Award.
• Brooks + ScarpacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-development partner with Brooks + Scarpa from Los Angeles, CA on the Southern Utah University Center for the Arts. Jointly created program document and master plan for the multi-facility campus including Southern Utah Museum of Art (SUMA), new Theatre for Utah Shakespeare Festival, and connected landscape design.
• Brooks + ScarpacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Brooks + Scarpa and Coen + Partners on the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts at Southern Utah University. The team created a new arts campus including the Utah Shakespeare Facility, Southern Utah Museum of Art, and connected landscape inspired by medieval gardens.
• Coen + PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Coen + Partners on the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts at Southern Utah University. Together with Brooks + Scarpa, the team designed the new arts campus including the Utah Shakespeare Facility, museum, and landscape.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• SmithGroup: Large multi-disciplinary architecture/engineering firm with substantial civic, library, and public-sector practice. Competes on larger civic and institutional commissions and represents a scaled-up alternative for public-sector clients.
• Stantec Architecture: Global AEC firm with an active civic, library, and public-safety architecture practice across North America. Larger scaled alternative competing for the same municipal procurement budgets.
• HOK: Global architecture/engineering firm with a public-sector and civic buildings practice. Represents an incumbent alternative for larger municipal clients seeking scaled design teams.
• HKS Architects: National architecture firm with civic, public-safety, and institutional portfolio including fire stations and public facilities. Represents a scaled incumbent alternative for similar project types.

Direct peers

• FGM Architects: Mid-size architecture firm with strong public-sector practice including fire stations, police facilities, libraries, and civic buildings across the Midwest and Mountain West. Closest scale and client-base analog to Blalock + Partners' public safety and library specialty.
• Lake|Flato Architects: San Antonio-based architecture firm widely recognized for sustainability leadership and civic/institutional work. Comparable in design ethos (sustainability, integrated interior/exterior, regional modernism) and award profile, though operating at larger scale.
• Moody Nolan: Large U.S. minority-owned architecture firm with deep civic, public-safety, and education portfolio. Comparable in mission-driven public-sector orientation, though at materially larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• MHTN Architects: Salt Lake City architecture firm with civic, education, and public-sector portfolio. Direct regional competitor for municipal and institutional commissions in the Intermountain West.
• VCBO Architecture: Salt Lake City-based architecture firm with strong civic and public-sector practice across Utah and the Mountain West. Directly comparable as a regional peer competing for the same municipal clients and civic project types.

Regional players

• method architecture (Method Co.): Salt Lake City architecture firm with civic, hospitality, and mixed-use portfolio. Comparable as a regional design peer in the Salt Lake City market, particularly for private commercial and hospitality projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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