Matt Fajkus, AIA, holds a Master of Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and is the Founding Principal of Matt Fajkus Architecture. MF Architecture has received over 40 design awards for built work, and has been honored on the 2025 Forbes Top 200 Residential Architects' List - recognizing the top 1% of 18,000 architecture firms evaluated nationwide. His teaching at The University of Texas School of Architecture has twice received the Outstanding Studio Teaching Award (most recently in 2023) in addition to the Cale McDowell Award for innovation and the ACSA New Faculty National Teaching Award. In 2013, Fajkus received the Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, the highest teaching honor in the University of Texas System. Fajkus has also received the Austin Under 40 Award, and he was named an “Austin Design Icon” by the Austin Business Journal.