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Thanks to the Passive House Accelerator for this awesome feature of the Highland Passive House, recipient of a NYSERDA Carbon Neutral Economic Development grant and one of our passive house projects currently under construction. Thanks to the project team, including owner and interior designer Cathy Hobbs, Baxter Building Corp., bldgtyp, P & C Engineers, and…

Michael Ingui, partner at Baxt Ingui Architects and founder of the Passive House Accelerator, was featured in Architizer this week. If you’ve ever wondered why so many people are doing passive houses and how to start, check out the article here:  An Architect’s Guide To: Designing Your First Passive House – Architizer Photography: Mike Tauber

26th International Passive House Conference Our own Michael Ingui will be presenting “Electrifying Passive House Retrofits” tomorrow, March 11, in Wies­baden, Germany. He’ll discuss how building envelope improvements can set your retrofit project on the right track to remove natural gas from the home. To watch it live virtually, get tickets here: Ticket shop (passivhaustagung.de)…

Take a peek inside one of our recently completed projects on Brownstoner‘s The Insider! Michael Ingui and Amy Failla spoke to Cara Greenberg about the house’s transformation, from a partially complete multifamily house to create a lively, informal house for a family of five. Read the full article here!

When Carla Shen and her husband, a Brooklyn-based art collector came to us to renovate her home, we knew we had to create the perfect backdrop for her collection. We reimagined classic details like hardwood floors, a dramatic fireplace and vintage chandelier, and historic crown molding. Alongside BIA Interiors, we integrated these features with sleek,…

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…

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…

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…

Passive House strategies are often the key to creating highly custom, long-lasting, environmentally friendly homes. Preserving historic fabric and mitigating the environmental impact of buildings is as essential to our practice as creating beautiful architecture. In this Carroll Gardens Passive Plus House, the restored front façade and stoop and carefully designed full-story addition seamlessly blend…

On Thursday, May 27th, The BS* + Beer Show hosted the “High Performance in the City” panel discussion with our very own Michael Ingui alongside industry experts Michael Anschel and Trevor Hults. The discussion centered around the experiences and challenges unique to building in high density cities, such as New York City and Minneapolis. Click…