Specht Architects

Specialties

Architectural & Interior Design Specialists in New Construction, Sustainability, Renovations & Adaptive Re-​Use.

History

Established in 1995.

Specht Harpman was founded by partners Scott Specht and Louise Harpman, who began working together while classmates at the Yale School of Architecture. A small company with rigorous standards for modern design, the firm’s award-​winning work includes commercial, institutional and residential projects, as well as custom furniture. The firm maintains offices in New York City and Austin, Texas.

Specht Harpman was recognized in Wallpaper* magazine’s Architects’ Directory as one of the «top 50 up and coming architectural practices from around the world.» Specht Harpman has been listed among the «Emerging Voices» by the Architectural League of New York, «Tastemakers» by House and Garden magazine, and as one of New York City’s «Top 100» architects by New York Magazine.

Meet the Business Owner

Scott S.

Business Owner

As a founding partner of Specht Harpman Architects, Scott has over 20 years of experience managing a wide range of environmentally-​sensitive residential, institutional, and commercial projects, including work for NBC Universal, MTV Networks, Prada and OXO International.

Scott has served as a strategic planning and design consultant on a wide variety of urban and rural development projects. He was a lead designer for the competition-​winning New York World Trade Center master plan, as well as, the Berlin Alexanderplatz redevelopment proposal with Studio Daniel Libeskind.

Before founding Specht Harpman, Scott was an architect with Kohn Pedersen Fox and Associates and a lead design consultant to Deborah Berke Architect.

Scott received his Master of Architecture degree from Yale University. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and he is a licensed architect in New York and Texas