b9 architects

01/16/2025

We're excited to announce the completion of Madrone, a passive house apartment in Seattle's Central Area by Cascade Built. This 107-unit project was fully certified Passive House by Phius earlier this year.

Broken into two towers connected by a series of bridges, all of Madrone's units face the street or an internal courtyard protecting the privacy of residents and neighbors.

We're proud of this radical approach to sustainability and urban density. Read more about it on our site.

The Madrone Apartments, a new passive house sustainable development located in Seattle's Central Area, represent a radical approach to urban residential development to achieve excellence in green design. Comprising 107 units spread across two distinct yet interconnected “towers”, this project re...

09/27/2022

We're hiring! Click below to read more!

We are looking for a driven individual for a Project Designer/Project Architect position. Ideal candidates are inspired by site-specific design opportunities and are dedicated to collaboration with peers, clients, and consultants. Candidates will grow their career through proactive engagement, desig

04/08/2022

"The first townhouse in Seattle certified to meet the German Passivhaus energy standard, Viewhaus 5, designed for Cascade Built, implemented several insulation and energy solutions to achieve the required rating. The Passivhaus standard seeks to reduce a building's normal heat loss while implementing heat recovery ventilators (HRVs) to manage air flow and ventilation. Specific envelope assemblies are implements at corners, connections and penetrations to reduce or eliminate thermal bridges, minimizing heat loss. All the windows in the project are triple pane, to allow light and heat in, but reduce the heat lost through fenestration, and a robust insulation and air barrier throughout the project further reduces the amount of thermal energy loss through exterior walls. Insulation also provided a thermal barrier along the structure's foundation in order to address the site's sloping topography.

With heat loss minimized, the HRV captures the existing interior heat and transfers the energy into the fresh air being brought in from outside. Recovering up to 85% of the heat, of the outgoing air, the energy required to keep a space warm is greatly reduced. Sun shades along the south facade provided protections from heat gain in the summer at the upper floors. All townhouses in the project have direct access to a shared central courtyard, where all residents can come together for planned or informal gatherings."

11/12/2021

We are proud to spotlight b9 architects' first apartment project, Fremont Portal.

Rooted in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, the Portal Apartments required significant coordinating with the city and various neighborhood partners to create spaces and housing beneficial and connected to the area and city. Public Art Installations are incorporated into the building construction at prominent locations near the streetscape, and open areas shared by the apartments and commercial spaces including Just Burgers allow for public space accessible by pedestrians and community members.

Check out the link below to learn more about the collaborative community process we went through in the design of this mixed-use building.

https://www.b9architects.com/blog/2021/11/11/project-spotlight-portal-apartments-fremont

08/27/2021

Our Principal, Bradley Khouri will be joining Associate Professor, Rick Mohler, FAIA, NCARB to discuss housing policy in Seattle, and their graduate research studio looking for alternative housing opportunities.

Follow the link below to reserve a spot for the talk on September 8.

University of Washington associate professor and Seattle Planning Commission co-chair Rick Mohler FAIA and instructor Brad Khouri AIA present the results of their Neighborhoods for All graduate research studio and seminar. 

08/17/2021

b9 architects is looking for great candidates! If you have multifamily experience in Seattle, believe in excellent, site specific design, and want access to all phases of the project process, follow the link!

http://www.b9architects.com/careers

07/15/2021

Enjoy this flythrough video of a rowhouse currently in construction in Ballard. Over the past year, we have been exploring ways to help our clients with remote marketing. Unreal's visualization tool Twinmotion has been an intuitive and robust tool to give our end users a look at our designs before completion, and a great tool for us to communicate ideas to clients at earlier stages of design. Plus it integrates seamlessly with Archicad from Graphisoft.

02/08/2021

Seattle sits at a unique geologic intersection. Join the AIA this week to learn about how the ground beneath our feet is impacts new work.

With landslides, glacier-carved topography, and three major earthquake zones, Seattle's geologic history is fascinating. Join us for a virtual talk on Feb. 11 as David B. Williams discusses the city’s geology and how it affects the built environment.

Register: http://ow.ly/UL4f50DmoB8

12/03/2020

We're hiring! b9 architects is looking for a great candidate to join the team. Architects or designers with 4-6 years of experience in the industry with multifamily experience in Seattle are ideal.

If you're interested in joining an advocacy based team, focused on site specific design and employee growth, we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for a driven individual for a Project Designer/Project Architect position. Ideal candidates are inspired by site-specific design opportunities and are dedicated to collaboration with peers, clients, and consultants. Candidates will grow their career through proactive engagement, desig

11/05/2020

Brad had the opportunity for an in-depth discussion with Archvista.

Describing our work, "a hallmark of a b9 project is shared spaces, courtyards and front stoops to create community spaces in a densifying urban environment."

And describing b9's philosophy, "Our commitment is to relationships – with staff and clients, with our consultants, with the municipalities we work in as much as possible. Second, we focus on creating projects beyond what we’ve seen or experienced."

Thank you, Archvista for the wonderful case study! Check out the full article.

Discover b9 architects philosophy behind creating community spaces in densifying urban enviornments like Seattle.

10/23/2020

Our Principal, Brad Khouri is joining other leaders in residential architecture on the AIA Seattle panel, "Design After Quarantine". Join us November 5th from 3:00 - 4:00 pm as "the panelists explore the ways in which the look and function of single- and multi-family residences are being altered by the pandemic today and what changes are on the horizon for tomorrow". Follow the link to register for the remote event!

https://aiaseattle.org/event/future-of-residential-design/