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Ingui Architecture Architecture and interior design in New York City since 1977. Residential projects include townhouses, apartments, lofts, and country homes.

Baxt Ingui Architects, P.C., is an architecture and interior design firm with extensive experience in residential, institutional, and commercial projects. Commercial projects include retail facilities, galleries, and multi-floor law offices. Institutional projects include educational and child-centered facilities. We aim to create well composed spaces, placing a high value on ensuring each project is well crafted, visually timeless, and serves its inhabitants for many years. Our design process relies on collaboration with our clients and extends to the builders, consultants, and craftsmen with whom we work. It is our goal to integrate function, aesthetics and building systems economically and minimize the environmental impact, using the standards of LEED and Passive House certification. Numerous projects in our 37 year history have received design awards. The firm was initiated by Ben Baxt in 1977 after several years as a single practitioner in Brooklyn. Michael Ingui joined the staff in 1994 and became a partner in 2000. Martha Valencia-Cordoba became an Associate in 2013 and became responsible for the firm’s management. The staff also includes an interior design team and a highly experienced construction quality observer. The firm is an active volunteer and supporter in many Brooklyn not-for-profit efforts, most notably, Brooklyn Community Housing and Services (bchands.org), where BIA has provided technical assistance for over 25 years and designed four projects pro bono.

Time after time, clients come to us craving natural light, comfort, fresh air, a thoughtful flow, quiet and serene inter...
07/10/2026

Time after time, clients come to us craving natural light, comfort, fresh air, a thoughtful flow, quiet and serene interior spaces, and interior environments made with care. Many of the solutions we employ to give clients these things also unlock design possibilities for incredible spaces.

At Ingui Architecture and BIA Interiors, we also take a holistic approach to healthy living in all of our projects, going beyond just how spaces feel and focusing on the wellbeing of occupants alongside high-performance strategies and sustainability measures. Over the last year, we have brought in experts from the Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design as a collaborator.

Find out what we've learned through this partnership here: https://www.inguiarchitecture.com/journal/healthy-homes-for-modern-life

In this Cobble Hill brownstone, we envisioned the lower three floors – parlor, garden, and cellar – as a next-level ente...
03/06/2026

In this Cobble Hill brownstone, we envisioned the lower three floors – parlor, garden, and cellar – as a next-level entertainment space, with physical connection between levels and striking visual elements.

This home’s story is one of connection, designed for family living and entertaining loved ones. Want to see more of the house? It is currently on the market, listed by Lindsay Barrett of Compass. Check it out here: https://www.inguiarchitecture.com/journal/on-the-market-cobble-hill-brownstone

Photography: Donna Dotan

Often, townhouse cellars are forgotten spaces. Whenever we can, we love to take this extra space and use it to create un...
02/26/2026

Often, townhouse cellars are forgotten spaces. Whenever we can, we love to take this extra space and use it to create unexpected, interesting spaces. With a little creativity and clever design moves, cellars that were once damp, dark spaces rarely used even for storage can become some of the most exciting spaces in a house.

From dark, unfinished spaces to exciting features for families, these projects are stunning examples of what is possible. Take a look inside some of our favorite cellar transformations: https://www.inguiarchitecture.com/journal/cellar-upgrades

Photography: Adam Kane Macchia

Sometimes, small moves make huge impacts. In this Brooklyn Heights townhouse, the addition of an 18-inch-deep bay unlock...
11/13/2025

Sometimes, small moves make huge impacts. In this Brooklyn Heights townhouse, the addition of an 18-inch-deep bay unlocked the functionality and experience of using the kitchen, providing a minimally invasive way to enlarge the kitchen at the rear of the parlor floor.

Alongside contractor MLZ General Construction, we created a walk-out deck off the kitchen creates a direct connection between the kitchen and the rear yard.

See the transformation here: https://www.inguiarchitecture.com/journal/before-after-subtle-changes-transform-a-kitchen

Photography: Adam Kane Macchia

As winter gets closer, smaller renovations can make a big difference to improve energy performance, lower heating costs,...
10/23/2025

As winter gets closer, smaller renovations can make a big difference to improve energy performance, lower heating costs, and even create healthier living conditions.

We recently sat down with Barbara Peck of Brownstoner to discuss the how and why our clients use Passive House measures to lower their energy costs.

Michael Ingui explains some of the strategies we commonly use in our projects – from investment into rigid insulation above roof joists during roof replacement to checking for air leaks and installing Passive House windows to incorporating solar.

Read the full article: https://www.inguiarchitecture.com/news/how-brooklynites-are-cutting-energy-costs-brownstoner

Adding a skylight above the staircase can transform the upper floors of a building.Throughout New York City, townhouses ...
09/30/2025

Adding a skylight above the staircase can transform the upper floors of a building.

Throughout New York City, townhouses share one common challenge: building lots are narrow and deep. The houses atop these lots are similarly narrow and deep, connected to each other via party walls. Therefore, the middle of the building, where stairwells traditionally are located, is a dark space.

One of the opportunities we have to make a significant difference in a home is to allow sunlight to flow through the center of these dim areas to beautiful homes via a skylight atop the stairwell.

See of our favorite skylight strategies: https://www.inguiarchitecture.com/journal/designing-with-light-skylights-in-historic-townhouses

Photography: Peter Peirce

We were lucky to be able to collaborate with the longtime owners of this beautiful, modern home in Amagansett. A desire ...
08/25/2025

We were lucky to be able to collaborate with the longtime owners of this beautiful, modern home in Amagansett.

A desire to create a space that felt like an oasis surrounded by forest anchored our design process.

Thanks to everyone who made the project such a success, including the clients, BIA Interiors, Shoshi Builders, and Sterling Tree and Lawn.

Learn more about the transformation: https://www.inguiarchitecture.com/journal/indoor-outdoor-connections-in-amagansett

Photography: Linsey Kromer

Michael Ingui recently sat down with Degen Pener for Remodelista to discuss the state of Passive House in the US, the be...
08/22/2025

Michael Ingui recently sat down with Degen Pener for Remodelista to discuss the state of Passive House in the US, the benefits of Passive House design, and some of the leading designers in the Passive House industry.

From the article: “You feel the difference when you’re in these houses. It’s just healthier,” says Michael Ingui, the founder of Ingui Architecture and the founder of the Passive House Accelerator, a platform that promotes passive house design. “You can have filtered fresh air 24/7. Most of our clients didn’t even know that was an option. It’s just a better house. And then honestly, after that, I usually drop the subject. We just talk about design.”

Check out the full article: https://www.remodelista.com/posts/best-passive-house-firms-in-the-us/

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