David Lake (architect)

David Lake is an American architect and principal in the Texas firm of Lake/Flato with Ted Flato.

For the writer, see David Lake (writer).

Lake grew up in Texas and received his B.S. in Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin (1976) where he was a student of Pliny Fisk III. His early work was in sustainable design, building modern versions of sod houses in the Texas panhandle. He began his career at Ford Powell & Carson in San Antonio, Texas.[1] His work continues to be noted for attention to sustainability.[2]

Notable buildings
  • Congregation Agudas Achim, Austin, 2001
  • World Birding Center Headquarters, Mission, Texas
  • Government Canyon Visitor Center, Helotes, Texas, 2005. Recipient, AIA COTE Top Ten Awards, 2007.
  • Lake Tahoe Residence, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Awards

Notes
  1. "Architecture • Ted Flato and David Lake, Their thoroughly modern buildings are grounded in the past, by Mimi Swartz, September 1997, Texas Monthly,
  2. Living Homes: Sustainable Architecture and Design, By Suzi Moore McGregor, Nora Burba Trulsson, Terrence Moore, Chronicle Books, 2001, p. 184
  4. "Global Award for Sustainable Architecture". Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  5. "Creating environments that enrich communities and nurture life | Lake Flato". www.lakeflato.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.

References
  • Lake/Flato (Contemporary World Architect series,)by Oscar Riera Ojeda, Rockport Publishers, 1995
  • Of the West: Creativity & Sense of Place, radio interview Sweetgrass Music 2009
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