About Us
Khaas is an architecture and home-building studio on the West Coast of North America. We design and build residences, accessory dwellings and small-scale hospitality projects that are made for their place: calm in form, careful in detail and built to last.
Our architects and builders work as one team under one roof. We draw and build by the same principles: keep the forms simple, choose honest materials, resolve the details early and take responsibility for how a building affects the people who live in it and the land it sits on.
Integrity runs through everything we do. We say what we will do, we do it properly, and we stand behind the result.
Founder & Principal Architect
Richard Danial started Khaas to close the gap between how homes are designed and how they are built, bringing architectural thinking and hands-on construction practice into the same room.
Ricahrd trained as an architect and began their career in a mid-sized residential practice, where they saw how often good details were lost once drawings left the office. A period spent working alongside carpenters and site supervisors changed their approach. They began visiting sites daily, drawing at full scale and testing details by building them.
That combination of design discipline and practical knowledge became the foundation of Khaas. Today Ricahrd leads the design direction of the studio and remains closely involved in every project, from the first site walk to the final walkthrough.
Say What We Will Do
We set clear expectations on scope, schedule and cost, and we keep them updated as the project develops.
Do It Properly
We care about the parts of a building most people never see: the flashing, the framing, the junctions. Quality is a habit, not a finish.
Take Responsibility
We own the whole result. If something is not right, we fix it, and we care for the land and neighbors affected by our work.
Leave Things Better
We aim to leave every site, every client relationship and every trade partnership in better shape than we found it.
Community & Craft
[We run an apprenticeship program for carpenters and junior designers, and we support local housing and design education initiatives.]
