Larry Speck

The University of Houston College of Medicine’s new 130,000 SF facility is designed to foster collaboration, innovation, and wellness. Situated on a 43-acre site, the building integrates large-format teaching spaces, small group meeting rooms, administrative suites, and specialized areas such as a simulation center and anatomy suite. Thoughtfully designed social and study spaces enhance student…

Nestled along the banks of Brushy Creek, The Ruby Hotel blends mid-century charm with a unique boutique hospitality experience. The project revitalizes a mid-century home, transforming it into a vibrant social hub with a full-service cocktail bar, conference space, and expansive decks overlooking the pool and lush creekside landscape. Beneath the shade of native live oaks, guests can relax and…

Museum of the Big Bend in Big Bend, Texas, is a museum extension that blends seamlessly with the region’s rugged desert landscape. The structure features cantilevered forms and expansive glazing, offering visitors breathtaking panoramic views of the surrounding terrain. Clad in weathered steel, the building responds to the harsh climate while echoing the natural hues of the environment.

Indeed Tower is a transformative development in downtown Austin, seamlessly integrating a modern 36-story office tower, a renovated historic Post Office, and a vibrant urban plaza. With its sculptural form and transparent base, the glazed tower makes a striking impression on the skyline while honoring the historic Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall. Spanning 730,000 square feet, the building features 21…

The Texas Capitol Complex Master Plan is a visionary redevelopment of a 40-block district surrounding the Texas State Capitol, establishing a long-term framework for the state’s most prominent real estate asset.

70 Rainey is a 34-story residential tower that combines refined elegance with the eclectic spirit of Austin’s Rainey Street District. Featuring a sleek glass curtain wall, the building offers 173 residences, from studios to two-story penthouses, each with sweeping views of the Colorado River, downtown skyline, and Hill Country.

44 East Avenue is a 49-story condominium tower that rises 570 feet, making a striking addition to Austin’s downtown skyline. Designed to reflect the city’s active, nature-driven lifestyle, the building exudes laid-back elegance with airy, European-style residences ranging from one to four bedrooms. Floor-to-ceiling windows offer panoramic views, with balconies that extend the living spaces. The…

Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE) is an interdisciplinary engineering firm whose practice group in Austin has a particular expertise in concrete construction. The office has their own petrography lab, so when Page began to design a 13,000-square-foot office building for them, the decision was made to explore concrete as a building material. The design team proposed using high thermal mass…

The 33,000-square-foot Visitor Center and University Bookstore works closely with recently completed landscape improvements to create a new gateway and orientation point for the UT Dallas campus. The building’s iconic rotunda echoes a nearby large circular mound that is the landmark for the campus entry. The rotunda is an open, unconditioned space for informal gathering and acts as a welcoming…

Renovations to the fifth and sixth floors of the West Mall Building at The University of Texas School of Architecture (UTSoA) were completed in 2018. They provide much needed digital classrooms, a dedicated pin-up gallery and new spaces for the Center for Sustainable Development and the Transportation Research Consortium. “The spaces are refined, yet raw,” says Page Senior Associate and UTSoA…

The North Paseo Building helps shape a new district on the UT San Antonio campus through its strong urban design components and offers a fresh look at relationships between indoors and outdoors and between teaching spaces and public spaces on university campuses. The building is prominently located at the front door of the campus in the developing northeast end. It faces the new Campus Oval and…

The University of Texas at Austin Medical District Master Plan articulates the vision for a new medical district on the southern edge of the University of Texas in downtown Austin. The medical district will be a compact, dynamic, urban setting that nurtures innovation, collaboration, and community. It will be developed as a partnership between UT Austin, Seton Healthcare (Seton), and Central…

Located on the site of the former Robertson Stadium, which was built in 1942 to serve local public schools, the new 40,000-seat TDECU stadium at the University of Houston has transformed the game day experience for fans and student-athletes. The new stadium offers upgraded amenities, a variety of seating options and dynamic sightlines. A change in orientation aligned it with adjacent buildings…

Trinity University in San Antonio, one of the nation’s leading liberal arts and sciences institutions, recently initiated a 10-year strategic plan called Trinity Tomorrow. The plan is grounded in the vision that Trinity will redefine liberal arts education for the 21st century. Trinity Tomorrow builds on the University’s current assets and calls on Trinity to strengthen its interdisciplinary and…

The University of Texas at Austin is the first Tier One public university in the United States to build a new medical school from the ground up in almost 50 years and Page is an integral part of the effort. The campus is part of the master plan for a new medical district in Austin, which is being developed with an unprecedented community collaboration. The first phase of the Dell Medical School…

Bids had already been solicited by the City of Houston to demolish The Cistern when the design team wrangled an opportunity to drop through a roof hatch and view the space. The defunct underground drinking water reservoir, built in 1927, had been out of service for years and the city was considering proposals for commercial uses of the space such as a parking garage.The designers saw one of the…

How all these elements – location, materials, building placement, wall density – work together is the real story here.  At 6,200 feet, the local climate is high, arid desert with very warm summertime temperatures and a sharply colder winter.  By siting the building to face south, we gained excellent winter solar exposure.  Large, ipe wood overhangs and a trellis act as a brise soleil, while the…

Designed to create a sustainable, visually appealing and strong identity within the community, the entire campus is targeting LEED Gold certification. Page Senior Principal Larry Speck notes: “The project is an architectural reflection of what makes Schwab unique: its heritage of dependability, innovation and forward thinking.  Starting with an innately beautiful and memorable site, the campus’…

The 19-story highrise building housing The University of Texas System (UT System) Administration Office is located in downtown Austin on state-owned land along 7th Street. It is a replacement project, maintaining the existing proximity to UT Austin and the Texas Capitol and serving as the consolidated facility for all departments that make up The University of Texas System Administration. Page…

This complex is comprised of 48 sleek, modern, two-story townhomes in East Austin along 7th street.

The new Academic Performing Arts Complex replaces two existing 40-year-old buildings with a new facility and includes the renovation of two adjacent structures. The 94,000-square-foot complex will greatly enhance the performance and rehearsal assets of the university’s Music Department as well as the capabilities of the larger Rio Grande Valley arts community.The six primary spaces in the new…

Borrowing from the region’s indigenous architecture, the designers planned the two-story office building around a central courtyard. Double-height glazing on all four sides of the courtyard introduces daylight deep into the surrounding offices, public areas, and circulation routes. The courtyard is extensively shaded by a series of cable-supported transverse wood slats that are variably spaced to…

Buffalo Bayou Park was undertaken by the Buffalo Bayou Partnership to transform the portion of the waterway which meanders east along Memorial Drive between Shepherd and Sabine Street in downtown Houston. Page is the architect for two buildings and two large pavilions in the 2.3-mile, 160-acre park, which was planned and designed by landscape architecture firm The SWA Group. The design of the…

The new Center for BrainHealth’s Brain Performance Institute, part of The University of Texas at Dallas, which opened in October 2017, is the first in the world to focus on leveraging scientifically validated programs and assessments in order to maximize and extend brain performance, increase brain resilience and improve brain regeneration for people of all ages and conditions. The…

The 2016 Texas Capitol Complex Master Plan provides for the creation of state office space and support facilities for short-term and long-term needs and establishes the Capitol Complex as a destination that celebrates the Texas State Capitol with civic spaces, shaded pedestrian friendly streets and connections to the surrounding community. The 40-block area encompassing the State Capitol Complex…