Matt Fajkus Architecture@mfarchitecture
Matt Fajkus Architecture (MF Architecture) is an award-winning and licensed architecture and interior design practice that welcomes residential and commercial projects, both small and large. The design work of Matt Fajkus Architecture is based on the belief that each project is unique and it should be driven by the client, the site, and the functional requirements, rather than a singular, preconceived aesthetic. The firm aims for clear and simple solutions to complex problems by blending expertise and creativity. The practice brings collaborative energy to every project and is simultaneously an academic think tank directly connected to theoretical and technological research at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, while also practicing with a deep focus on realizing exceptional buildings.
MF Architecture possesses advanced knowledge in sustainable design principles, including energy-efficient strategies, passive daylighting, and intelligent material choices to promote healthy indoor air quality. The office believes that the current sustainability-driven era is the most all-encompassing movement since Modernism, as it reaches to all scales of design including lifestyle choices. Thus, the firm is driven by the optimism that we live in an ideal time to affect positive change locally and globally, all accomplished by intelligent design.
MF Architecture promotes a transparent design process including a direct collaboration with client and builder. Likewise, the firm fosters honesty and functionality in design itself, with a belief in balancing restraint and expression in broad design moves as well as material choices and composition. The firm enthusiastically takes on the unique challenges presented by each project to inspire highly creative, cost-effective solutions meant to enhance building performance and daily life as a whole.
Matt Fajkus Architecture has been recognized nationally, state wide, and locally in Austin with numerous design awards from the National American Institute of Architects (AIA), Texas Society of Architects, AIA Austin, and others. Most notably, Westlake Dermatology Marble Falls medical office building achieved a 2019 AIA National Design Award, and Filtered Frame Dock has received 10 design awards since its completion.
MF Architecture projects have been featured widely in scholarly, popular, and trade publications, as well as on the AIA Austin Home Tour and Austin Modern Home Tour. Our work reaches a wide audience through its concept-driven generation and crafted execution - all disseminated through frequent publication in articles featuring our clients in regional print publications such as Austin Business Journal and Austin Chronicle. These publications include nationally and internationally recognized media outlets including Architectural Record, Dwell Magazine, Texas Architect, Wallpaper*, and The Wall Street Journal.