faculty
Louise Harpman
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Director of the Professional Residency Program
Harwell Hamilton Harris Professorship in Architecture
GOL 2.310 | office
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Architecture
1 University Station B7500
Austin, TX 78712
Education
B.A. with a concentration in East Asian Studies, Harvard UniversityM.Phil. in social anthropology, Cambridge University
M.Arch. Yale University
Professional profile
Louise Harpman is a principal of Specht Harpman. Specht Harpman was founded in 1995 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.
Awards
Specht and Harpman were named Emerging Voices by the Architectural League of New York in the organization's annual competition for 2002. The firm was recently named as one of New York City's "Top 100" architects by New York Magazine. Specht Harpman was named a Finalist in the annual PS1/MoMA competition for Young Architects for 2002 and 2003. Their work was featured as part of the inaugural MOMA/QNS opening exhibition.
The firm was honored with a New York AIA (American Institute of Architects) design award for the year 2001. Cited for its "fresh" approach and "rigorous design principles," Specht Harpman was nominated for the international Daimler Chrysler award for the year 2000. The firm won two Design Distinction awards in the I.D. Magazine annual competition for the year 1998, and an additional award for the year 2000.
The firm was commissioned to re-design an ordinary household object for the New York Times Magazine. The Specht Harpman industrial can-opener was featured as the endpaper in the annual design issue published in December 2002.
Publications
The work of the Specht Harpman is featured in the current issue of the journal PRAXIS. The work of the firm is included in Architectural Graphic Standards: Detail and many other anthologies highlighting modern architecture and design. In addition, the firm is preparing material for its first monograph to be published by Rockport Press.
The work of Specht Harpman has been widely published in both national and international design publications, including The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Architectural Record, Architecture, AD, Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Interiors, Constructs and W magazine, as well as on HGTV.
website:
www.spechtharpman.com