David Lake (architect)

For the writer, see David Lake (writer)

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

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

Recipient, AIA Architecture Firm Award, 2004.^[3]

Notes

↑ "Architecture • Ted Flato and David Lake, Their thoroughly modern buildings are grounded in the past, by Mimi Swartz, September 1997, Texas Monthly,
↑ Living Homes: Sustainable Architecture and Design, By Suzi Moore McGregor, Nora Burba Trulsson, Terrence Moore, Chronicle Books, 2001, p. 184
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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