INTEGRA X BUILDERS
WHO WE ARE
Built Different.
By Design.
Integra X Builders
2525 N Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
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At our core, we are builders. Craft-driven, technically rigorous, and relentlessly accountable, we approach every project with the mindset of the master builder: integrating design intelligence, engineering precision, and field expertise into a unified practice. Guided by a construction-informed design philosophy, we do more than build structures; we elevate the standard of building itself where performance, partnership, and purpose converge to shape a more resilient and sustainable built environment for the clients and communities we serve.
Our
Approach
We unite developers, architects, engineers, and trade partners around a single, unwavering commitment: performance without compromise. By embedding constructability, sequencing, and lifecycle insight early in a progressive design-build process, we reduce risk, sharpen cost certainty, and accelerate delivery. The result is seamless alignment between vision and execution, where project objectives are not merely aspirational, but consistently achievable.
Construction-Informed
Design Philosophy
The most impactful innovation emerges where design ambition meets real-world application – before assumptions become commitments. In practice, this means solutions engineered for efficiency, longevity, and enduring asset value: from high-performance building envelopes that redefine enclosure standards, to geothermal systems that harness renewable energy at the source. We believe sustainability, at its foundation, is a discipline that begins with building only what is necessary.
Our
Leadership
The most meaningful projects are not shaped by process alone, but by the people guiding them. Our principals bring formal design education, deep construction expertise, and over sixty-five years of collective cross-disciplinary experience into every engagement — the kind of presence that shapes decisions, earns trust, and stays with you from the first conversation through stabilization.
By the Numbers
Collectively we have delivered over 15M SF and 5,500 Residential Units in excess of 4 Billion.
*The figures above reflect the collective career experience our principals bring to every engagement – representing decades of delivered work across some of the most demanding markets in the country.
SQUAR FOOTAGE DELIVERED
15M
DELIVERED
5.5K
TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS
$4B
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INTEGRA X BUILDERS
The Team
Kenneth Maruyama
PRINCIPAL
Kenneth Maruyama is an architect, development executive, and Title of IXB whose career integrates formal design training, technical construction expertise, and senior-level project leadership across some of the most consequential projects in Chicago and around the world.
Eric Fiket
PRINCIPAL
Eric Fiket is a construction and development executive and Title of IXB with more than two decades of experience spanning architectural design, building information modeling, construction management, and owner’s representation across some of the most technically…
Rodrigo d’Escoto Jr.
PRINCIPAL
Rodrigo d’Escoto Jr. is a construction executive, entrepreneur, and Title of IXB whose career spans design, manufacturing, and large-scale urban development. As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Reflection Window + Wall (RWW), he leads one of the nation’s foremost designers…
Emily Wuensch
DIRECTOR | CONSTRUCTION
Emily is a development-focused construction executive and Title of IXB whose practice sits at the intersection of engineering, investment strategy, and preconstruction execution.
Curt Behnke
DIRECTOR | DESIGN
Curt has over 30 years of architectural design and design management experience. His career spans various roles from Lendlease Development, Perkins&Will, Engberg Anderson, and Skidmore Owings + Merrill.
Tyler Baldwin
DIRECTOR | DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Curt has over 30 years of architectural design and design management experience. His career spans various roles from Lendlease Development, Perkins&Will, Engberg Anderson, and Skidmore Owings + Merrill.