Architectural/Project Related News
BIA Interiors and Baxt Ingui Architects are excited to announce our participation in this year’s Brooklyn Heights Designer Showcase! Please join us Wednesday, September 21, 2022 to meet the designers (including our own Sohui Kim, Michael Ingui, and Meghan Laky), to preview the Showhouse, and support the work of the Brooklyn Heights Association! Get your tickets…
Articles and Media
To celebrate the 100th episode of the Passive House Accelerator Podcast, our own Michael Ingui, founder of the Accelerator, joins Zack Semke and cohosts Mary James and Matthew Cutler-Welsh to discuss the past years of the Accelerator. They discuss why the Passive House Accelerator was founded, the precursor networks that inspired the effort, and how…
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We originally worked on this Cobble Hill brownstone years ago, when its previous owners hired us to reconfigure the uniquely wide townhouse. When the house sold in 2020, its new owners brought us back to make the home their perfect space. We worked closely with London-based interior designers nune to create a minimalist, Belgian farmhouse-inspired…
Before + After
This Brooklyn Heights Greek Revival Rowhouse lived a number of lives since it was originally built in 1846. Throughout the home’s early years, a series of additions and renovations at the rear of the house created an eclectic collection of spaces. Since 1951, the family of architect Herbert Kaufman owned the home, until our client…
Architectural/Project Related News
A quiet, private indoor-outdoor space is the perfect way to spend hot NYC days and evenings. In this Brooklyn Heights carriage house, we designed a unique sculptural penthouse. Due to the home’s location in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, vertical additions had to be invisible from the street. An asymmetric curved roofline allowed this addition…
Articles and Media
Our recently completed Passive House project was featured in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle! Architect Michael Ingui sat down with Mary Frost to discuss the growing Passive House movement in Brooklyn and our recent Passive House retrofit of a Brooklyn Heights townhome. Special thanks to the project team, who made this stunning home a reality: Maggie…
Events
This past Friday, we were excited to share our Passive Brooklyn Heights Carriage House with the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) community. NESEA’s mission is to advance the adoption of sustainable energy practices in the built environment by cultivating a community where practitioners share, collaborate, and learn. Their Building Energy Pro Tours are accredited tours…
Before + After
This week, we’re highlighting one of our favorite projects – The Landmark at Strong Place. The adaptive reuse conversion of a mid-1800’s Minard Lafever Church into residential units won an AIA Brooklyn Design Award. Our exterior renovation focused on respecting the historic importance of the façade and integrating the surviving historic and new elements. Whenever…
Events
Achieving a well-sealed, airtight building is the key to Passive House. If you have ever wanted to know how to create buildings that are airtight and perform better than your average home, tune in to Passive House Live: Construction Tech Edition with Kevin Brennan TODAY! Kevin, of Brennan Brennan Insulation & Airtightness, has taught countless…
Before + After
In this historic Brooklyn townhouse, opening the stair hall and restoring the original stair allowed us to reimagine the space. By carefully removing and shifting partitions, the staircase seamlessly integrates with the rest of the home. The dramatic transformation visually connects the outdoors to the stair hallway, adding natural light and an awareness to the…
