David Lake (architect)
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, [1]
- ^ Living Homes: Sustainable Architecture and Design, By Suzi Moore McGregor, Nora Burba Trulsson, Terrence Moore, Chronicle Books, 2001, p. 184
- ^ [2]
References
- Lake/Flato (Contemporary World Architect series,)by Oscar Riera Ojeda, Rockport Publishers, 1995
- Of the West: Creativity & Sense of Place, radio interview [3] Sweetgrass Music 2009