Our award-winning architecture brings inventive, intelligent design to a dynamic, multivalent world through residential, interior, cultural and commercial projects. Our speculative and community outreach work looks toward the future of architecture and brings design to broader communities.Founded by Alexandra Barker, FAIA, in 2006, BAAO is a MWBE-certified business with projects that span various typologies ranging from architecture to interiors and landscape that include townhouses, residential developments, ground-up private residences, interiors, educational and retail projects, and speculative work in the New York area, regionally, and internationally. With decades of built experience in across a multitude of projects, our practice has been recognized nationally through numerous design awards including the Society of American Architects and Architizer as well as regionally and locally by AIA New York State, NYC X Design, AIANY, AIABQDA, and the Architect’s Newspaper. Our work has appeared in Architectural Digest, Architecture Magazine, Architectural Record, The Wall Street Journal, ARC Magazine, Dezeen, and Metropolis. A monograph on the firm’s work, titled BAAO, was released in 2019 through ORO Editions.