Specht Novak Architects is an Austin, Texas–based architecture firm known for designing elegant, comfortable, and timeless buildings rooted in their environments and shaped by the people who inhabit them. They emphasize craftsmanship, careful detailing, and client-focused service, striving to make every project feel both modern and deeply personal.
Their work spans single-family and multi-family residential, hospitality, interiors, and education. Over the past 30 years, under founders Scott Specht and Jakeb Novak, they’ve built a reputation for award-winning modern architecture, and their projects have appeared in hundreds of publications.
LOCATION: Austin, Texas, USA
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The Weston Residence by Specht Novak is nestled in a valley adjacent to the Saugatuck River. Through the use of planted surfaces, horizontal forms, and lots of glass, this small house blurs the distinction between the architecture…
Hidden behind a rust-colored Cor-Ten steel façade, the Stealth House by Specht Novak reimagines urban living on a narrow alley in downtown Austin. Rather than opening to the street, the 1,100-square-foot home turns inward, creating a tranquil…
Nestled within a lakeside setting in Milford, PA, Log Tavern Pond House draws inspiration from its mid-century neighbors—many of which reflect the Usonian principles pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright. Echoing their long, low proportions, natural materials, and…
The homeowners had a unique agenda for what they wanted in their new home. They had been living in an ornate, immaculately decorated 18th century historic mansion on a large 40 acre property in Mansfield, MA.
The Galleria, an upscale mall built in the Old Town district of Scottsdale, opened in 1991 to great fanfare, but struggled from the start and within a few years had closed its doors. It was empty for…
The design of Spechts’ Dallas house was driven by the desire to blur the lines between inside and outside while providing a sense of privacy and seclusion from the street and surrounding neighborhood, at the homeowners request.
Nestled into a pecan grove between the Barton Springs swimming hole and downtown, The Carpenter Hotel is a hidden oasis in one of the last pockets of Old Austin. It is a compound of buildings of different…
The Greenwich Industrial Loft, located in Manhattan’s Tribeca, is the renovation of an existing loft space in a 1920’s industrial building – an old printing plant. The detailing of the space complemented the original industrial nature of…
Scott Specht, founder of award winning Austin/New York firm, Specht Novak, has just completed his latest NYC project, The Infinity Loft in Greenwich Village. The 900 square foot loft renovation was completed in September
