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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This beachfront house is located on the Atlantic coast in New Jersey. The lot is on the beachfront, but very small, tucked away from the street, and had many code-regulated square-footage and height restrictions.
Sundial House is a concrete Santa Fe home completed in 2017 by American studio Specht Novak. This ridgetop house in Santa Fe is organized around two perpendicular board-formed concrete walls. The walls are an element of continuity, linking…
Completed by Specht Novak, Manhattan MicroLoft involved the radical transformation of a tiny, awkward apartment at the top of a six-story building. With only 425 square feet of floor area, but a ceiling height of over 24 feet,…
Casa Xixim is a beachfront private villa designed by Austin-based Specht Novak. Nestled between the turquoise ocean and the emerald jungle, Casa Xixim offers a unique blend of exotic beauty, refined luxury and eco-minded practices in harmony with…
Cliff Dwelling, masterfully renovated by Specht Novak, is uniquely positioned on a limestone ridge overlooking Lake Austin. This architectural gem transforms a 1970s house into a modern home that fully embraces its dramatic natural surroundings.
