Built Here Features Ingui Architecture

We are so excited to be featured in the second episode of Built Here, hosted by Jake Bruton. Built Here explores how building across the United States varies depending on location, diving into how real regions, real constraints, and real decisions shape how we build.

Michael Ingui took Jake to two of our completed projects, both Certified Passive Houses in Carroll Gardens, and one of our Passive House projects currently under construction in Brooklyn Heights. Michael explains how close collaboration with the entire contracting team, consultants and engineers, and clients frees the designer to create interesting, otherwise impossible features. See more of the completed projects: Third Place Passive House and Sackett Street Passive House.

One of our favorite features of Passive House construction is the design opportunities it affords – from primary bedrooms at the front of houses to double height spaces with walls of glass to flexible layouts. The magic of Passive House lives behind the walls of a completed project. Our office employs a systematic approach to Passive House construction, ensuring high performance in both our certified and non-certified projects.

Working in New York City, our projects tend to have common challenges: street noise, air quality concerns, and building longevity, to name a few. Passive House construction has been the key to creating solutions in our work.

Watch the video here and stay tuned to dive into the buildings Jake will explore throughout the United States!