About

MAGIC is my last name.

It’s not a gimmick or way to sparkle. It was inherited.

I started this firm with the commitment to make beautiful spaces.

Big, small, inside and out. There’s a shortage of great rooms, places we love to be in, play in and live in.

My aim is to discover meaning in the things we shape, through playful uses of materials, engagement and clever detailing.

Clients usually find me for challenging situations or wanting something different.

The takeaway: Why do something average when you can do something extraordinary?

Process

My process is different.

Smaller is greater.

I don’t waste time.

I don’t outsource.

I won’t copy, not even details from a previous project.

I don’t pass projects on to inexperienced staff or unpaid interns.

I downplay the seriousness of design by making it approachable.

And hopefully the work becomes beautiful, fun and well loved by all that touch it.

Services offered

• Architectural Design

• Interior Design

• Lighting Design

• Signage + Wayfinding Design

Scott Magic AIA - Principal

Scott worked for highly regarded design firms including Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, Hanna Gabriel Wells and the architect-developer Jonathan Segal.  His experience has covered a wide range of building types large + small; from custom stitched upholstery to multistory steel detailing; corporate interiors to master planning. His eye for detail works at all scales.

Born in Lake Bluff, Illinois, Scott went west to attend the University of Oregon.  He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree and references the Pacific Northwest for its optimism, calm and natural wonder.  After spending a decade on the left coast, where every Friday he gave architectural tours of the Salk Institute, he moved to Texas to create his next chapter. He and his two boys reside in central Austin and frequently travels to meetings on bicycle.

Scott is a registered architect in Texas, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and Oregon.

past contributors

• Justin Kyle (Outdoor Voices - SoCo)

• Matthew Roberts (Warehouses)

• Rachel Matthews (Environmental Signage)

• Jacob Middleton (Sip Pho Drawings)

• Becca Floyd (Rogge Rambler, Glen Ridge Residence, Malbon)

• Hannah Oppelt (Outdoor Voices - Denver, Buckhead, Silverlake, Charlotte, Minneapolis)

• Erin O’Brien (73 Rainey furniture, Foxtrot UT, various project models)

• Eric Hayes (Bouldin Creek Commissary, Idmi 60 Avenue, SKYE Texas)

• Juliann Pham (600 Congress, Koffiqa)

• Hannah Smith (Urban Baths, Bloor House, Casa Bianca)

• Bella Chou (Jungle Gym, Onsen House)

• Royal Petrie (Chiappero Trail Houses, Northwest Park House, 1711 E.Oltorf, Pampa Drive, Hergotz Lane house)

• Charlie Schmidt (Jacques Marie Mage, Onsen House, 411 W. Mary Street, 1111 Westheimer, Swish, 2136 Yale Street)

• Jamie Treadwell (Bender’s Grove)

• Josephine Boynton (ThoroughFare Market, 607 Blanco)