Published Work
Helen Thompson In House, January 23, 2012
““I Can See Clearly Now””
Project: House on Turtle Creek
The word many architects dread is “renovation”–it usually signals an arduous process of undoing problems another architect either created or didn’t solve.
CultureMap Austin, December 22, 2012
“Local architect and icon Speck vies for chance to redesign Waller, says project has created an international stir”
Project: Discovery Green
For an architect, the revitalization of Austin’s Waller Creek presents a rare and thrilling opportunity to change and uplift the heart and soul of a city with a lasting and permanent impact. Among the architects vying for a chance to design the new urban space is local architectural giant Larry Speck, an Austinite and UT professor whose handiwork can be seen in such Austin icons as the Town Lake complex, the Second Street District and the Austin Convention Center.
SmartPlanet, January 5, 2012
“Rental America: Multifamily housing mutates and multiplies”
Project: Waterstone Condominium Development
The American dream is owning a home, but today developers dream about rentals. In response, architects are creating new concepts in leasable living.
Austin Business Journal, Thursday, October 27, 2011
“Speck: Architecture Influences Lifestyle”
Project: Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Austin Convention Center Expansion, Discovery Green
The professional portfolio of architect Larry Speck, principal at PageSoutherlandPage, boasts several Texas landmarks, including the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin Convention Center and Discovery Green, a new 12-acre park in downtown Houston.
Over the last 25 years, his design work has won 33 national design awards, 21 state and regional design awards, and 63 local design awards. Speck has been a faculty member at the University of Texas since 1975. I was able to catch up with him and ask about what goes on between developers and architects, and his thoughts on density.
e-architect, August 31, 2011
“Chickasaw Nation Medical Center, Oklahoma, USA : Ada Building”
Project: Chickasaw Nation Medical Center
Architizer, August 31, 2011
“Chickasaw Nation Medical Center”
Project: Chickasaw Nation Medical Center
Architectural Record, August 2011
“Building Types Study: Health Care”
Project: Chickasaw Nation Medical Center
In designing the largest public facility supported by the Chickasaw government, the architects were charged with treating the hospital as a communal, civic space as well as a medical one.
Architectural Lighting, April 1, 2011
“GSA Regional Field Office Building”
Project: General Services Administration Field Office
A secondary glass façade provides sun shading and softens visual boundaries.
World Architecture News, March 10, 2011
“Effectiveness Awards winners announced”
Project: Discovery Green
The WAN Effectiveness Awards is the first major international competition of its kind, aiming to find the best in architectural design that has profoundly impacted society, transcending the requirements of the client brief and aesthetic appeal. Entrants were asked to demonstrate the ways in which their building has benefited its users, the surrounding community and beyond, in relation to one or more of the following aspects: Social, Technological, Environmental, Economic and Productivity.
e-architect, December 13, 2010
“General Services Administration Office Building, Houston, Texas”
Project: General Services Administration Field Office
GSA Field Office – Texan Building Development
e-architect, December 13, 2010
“The Grove – Discovery Green Park, Houston, Texas”
Project: The Grove
The Grove Discovery Green – Texan Landscape
e-architect, December 13, 2010
“Discovery Green, Houston, Texas: Park Architecture”
Project: Discovery Green
Discovery Green – Texan Building Development
e-architect, December 13, 2010
“Alpine Courthouse, West Texas: U.S. District Courthouse”
Project: U.S. Federal Courthouse
Texas Courthouse Building Development – design by PageSoutherlandPage
AIArchitect, December 17, 2010
“Larry Speck, FAIA, Awarded the 2011 Topaz Medallion”
Larry Speck, FAIA, the University of Texas-Austin architecture professor and former dean renowned for combining teaching and practice in ways that make architecture accessible and vital to a wide community of students, is the 2011 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education recipient.
Contract, October 18, 2010
“Harmonious & Healthy: PageSoutherlandPage designs the new Chickasaw Nation Medical Facility”
Project: Chickasaw Nation Medical Center
Universal healthcare remains a dream for a lot of people in this country, but for the Chickasaw Nation, a Native American tribe in Ada, Okla., it is in effect a reality.
The Architect's Newspaper, September 21, 2010
“Wealth of Health at New Chickasaw Medical Center”
Project: Chickasaw Nation Medical Center
PageSoutherlandPage’s ambitious Oklahoma hospital offers humane, culturally sensitive design
EcoStructure, May/June 2010
“Gray to Green”
Project: Discovery Green
A park cultivates new life in downtown Houston.
Contract, May 21, 2010
“My Green Neighbor: GSA Regional Field Office”
Project: General Services Administration Field Office
Governmental services and agencies can have a very formal and secluded connotation among the public. So when the General Services Administration (GSA) decided to build its new offices in the Houston metro area, it wanted to be a symbol of strength and security for the community, rather than have an ominous presence.