UltraBarrio

Name

UltraBarrio

Legal name

Associates UltraBarrio, LLC

Website

https://ultrabarrio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Urban Design Services: UltraBarrio generates revenue through professional architecture and urban design consulting engagements with government agencies, nonprofits, and institutional clients. Services include master planning, civic architecture, transit-oriented design, resilience planning, and community outreach/engagement. Projects are typically won through RFP processes with public and private clients. Revenue is project-based and earned through the delivery of design services across multiple phases from concept through construction documentation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

UltraBarrio is an architecture and urban design practice based in Houston, Texas, providing professional design, planning, and resilience services for civic, transit, housing, and public space projects. The firm delivers architecture, urban design, master planning, and community engagement services for government agencies, nonprofits, academic institutions, and developers.

Product overview

UltraBarrio is an architecture and urban design studio offering professional services including urban design, architecture, master planning, resilience planning, and community outreach/engagement. The firm operates as a service-based practice rather than a software platform, delivering projects across civic architecture, transit-oriented development, affordable housing, placemaking, and climate resilience. The core service areas include Urban Design Services, Architecture Services, Resilience Services, and UltraBarrio Plus (Outreach and Engagement), which work together to shape cities that are more civic, sustainable, and generationally connected.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture
• Urban Design
• Master Planning
• Resilience & Climate-Responsive Design Resilience-focused design and planning services addressing climate, flooding, and environmental adaptation for civic and infrastructure clients.
• UltraBarrio Plus (Community Outreach & Engagement)
• Design Guidelines

Quantifiable outcome

• South Houston Livable Centers Study won APA-Houston Gold Planning Achievement Award in Transportation Planning, advancing a comprehensive vision for healthy living
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Houston Land BankcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 December 2024UltraBarrio is partnered with Houston Land Bank on the Finding Home Initiative, a transformative effort to create affordable and resilient housing in Houston's underserved neighborhoods. The first community workshop was held on December 13. UltraBarrio serves as architecture, urban design, and outreach lead, collaborating with GSMA architecture, Architangent, and Auburn University Rural Studio on the initiative.
• WSP, Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWSP, Inc. is the prime contractor on the METRO Inner Katy BRT project, with UltraBarrio providing urban design and architecture for four transit stations. This is a key transit infrastructure project in Houston connecting the 1500-acre park thicket to the theater district.
• Walter P. MooresupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWalter P. Moore served as a consultant on the Southwest Civic Core Kiosk (Dialect Commons) project. They also sponsored UltraBarrio's Venice Biennale exhibition in 2025.
• The Goodman CorporationsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Goodman Corporation served as a consultant on the Southwest Civic Core Kiosk project, contributing to the civic core redevelopment effort in Southwest Houston.
• Huitt-Zollars, Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHuitt-Zollars, Inc. served as the planning lead team on the South Houston Livable Centers Study, with UltraBarrio collaborating on urban design and outreach. The project won an APA-Houston Gold Planning Achievement Award.
• GSMA ArchitecturesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGSMA Architecture is one of the distinguished collaborating architects on the Finding Home Initiative alongside UltraBarrio, Architangent, and Auburn University Rural Studio.
• ArchitangentsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitangent is a collaborating architect on the Finding Home Initiative, contributing to the design of affordable and resilient housing alongside UltraBarrio, GSMA Architecture, and Auburn University Rural Studio.
• Auburn University Rural StudiosupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAuburn University Rural Studio is a collaborating partner on the Finding Home Initiative, bringing academic and community design expertise to the affordable housing effort in Houston.
• AECOMcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAECOM is the prime contractor for the Bus Stop Prototypes project, with UltraBarrio developing performance-based design criteria. AECOM is also listed as a collaborator in the About section for various projects.
• The Nature Conservancy in TexascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Nature Conservancy is a partner on the Greener Gulfton initiative, with UltraBarrio developing shade structures for a neighborhood that is 17 degrees warmer than the coolest part of Harris County (per 2020 heat-mapping study).
• Connect Community (Non-Profit)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConnect Community is a key nonprofit partner in multiple UltraBarrio projects including Gulfton Placemaking and the Southwest Civic Core Campus. The organization serves the Gulfton neighborhood, which is home to speakers of over 50 languages from over 40 countries.
• Hagerty ConsultingcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUltraBarrio is a team member of Hagerty Consulting's team for the Texas General Land Office Disaster Recovery Alternative Housing Study, contributing architecture and planning expertise for post-disaster housing strategies.
• Texas General Land OfficecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTexas General Land Office engaged UltraBarrio (via Hagerty Consulting team) to create a guidebook for the evaluation, procurement, and testing of alternative post-disaster housing prototypes in Texas. UltraBarrio evaluated five performance metrics: resilience, timeliness, cost, livability, and range of use.
• Renfrow + Co.supportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRenfrow + Co. provides structural and fabrication assistance for the Bus Stop Prototypes project, helping UltraBarrio deploy full-scale prototype bus shelters for testing in real-world conditions.
• MIT Media Lab Changing Places GroupsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarcus Martinez collaborated at the MIT Media Lab Changing Places group, where his work on folding vehicle chassis and urban fabric retooling shaped his current approach to urban design and infrastructure repurposing.
• European Cultural CentrecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe European Cultural Centre invited UltraBarrio to exhibit at the TIME SPACE EXISTENCE 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale from May to November 2025 at Palazzo Bembo, focused on the firm's work in transforming the public realm.
• Rice School of ArchitecturesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmna Ansari holds the position of Professor in the Practice at Rice School of Architecture. The firm regularly engages with Rice through studio instruction, thesis reviews, and the Rice Civic Forum (convened by Amna).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OLIN:
• MASS Design Group: MASS Design Group is a nonprofit architecture firm focused on civic, community, and resilience projects with deep social-equity orientation. UltraBarrio's community-centered methodology (UltraBarrio Plus) and civic-equity focus closely mirror MASS's mission-driven design practice.

Broad incumbents

• SWA Group: SWA Group is a renowned landscape architecture and urban design firm with deep Texas roots. Amna Ansari previously worked at SWA, and the firm operates at significantly larger scale on similar civic, master-planning, and resilience-oriented projects in Texas and the Sun Belt.
• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is an interdisciplinary design practice integrating architecture, landscape, and urban planning with a strong civic and campus master-planning portfolio. Comparable to UltraBarrio's multi-scale civic design work, but at materially larger scale and global reach.
• Perkins&Will: Perkins&Will is a global architecture firm with strong civic, transit, and university-sector practices. Competes for similar municipal, university, and transit-oriented design commissions as UltraBarrio, but at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Field Operations: Field Operations is a leading urban design and landscape architecture firm specializing in large-scale public realm, waterfront, and resilience projects. Comparable to UltraBarrio in climate-responsive urban design and civic-space master planning, but at significantly larger project scale.
• Studio Gang: Studio Gang is a Chicago-based architecture and urban design practice known for civic, environmental, and community-oriented projects. Shares UltraBarrio's integration of architecture, urbanism, and ecology, with comparable emphasis on public-facing design and award recognition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/ultrabarrio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ultrabarrio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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