CONFLUENCE PARK
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Confluence Park is a living learning laboratory designed to inspire people to gain a greater understanding of Texas ecotypes and the impact of urban development on our watershed.
The Park and Pavilion are an outdoor classroom venue where educators can provide hands-on environmental educational experiences. Park elements include a site-wide water catchment system, which takes advantage of the pavilions’ geometric design to collect rainwater and feed it into an underground water storage system. This reservoir is the sole source of water used in the park, with the exception of sinks and drinking fountains. The multi-purpose Education Center has a green roof providing thermal mass for passive heating and cooling. A solar array provides 100% of the energy use for the project. Located along the edge of the San Antonio River, Confluence Park is part of the country’s largest urban environmental restoration project and serves as an inviting gateway to running, biking and paddling trails.
In association with Matsys Design and Rialto Studio recognition
2013 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projects Award
2020 Chicago Anthenaeum American Architecture Award
2019 AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture
2019 Texas Society of Architects Design Award
2019 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award
2019 Texas ASLA Award of Excellence
2018 AIA San Antonio Honor Award
2018 Tilt-Up Achievement Award
2018 Architizer A+ Jury Award - Cultural Pavilions
sustainability
Tracking Net Zero Energy Certification
Constructed of concrete petals designed thoughtfully to sit lightly upon the land, the main pavilion forms a geometry that collects and funnels rainwater into a sitewide water catchment system. Rainwater serves as the primary source of water for the park, and the site is powered by a photovoltaic array providing 100% of on-site energy.
SCOTTSDALE CIVIC CENTER
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
The Scottsdale Civic Plaza reimagines an existing plaza space in downtown Scottsdale. The Plaza Master Plan will transform the space providing visitors with an easily navigable yet memorable and iconic experience. The space will serve as a multipurpose area accommodating concerts, festivals and other entertainment focused activities.
In association with DIG Studio
NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN
VISITOR CENTER
NAPLES, FLORIDA
The Naples Botanical Garden Visitor Center incorporates extensive natural areas with developed gardens to create an engaging and varied visitor experience, exceptional venues for education and research, significant plant collections and a beautiful location for events.
The vision for the gardens sought to preserve 160-acres of natural resources from conversion to urban development space. Lake|Flato designed and scaled the buildings to be a backdrop to the larger landscape, by breaking the program down into a series of smaller buildings and moving the circulation to the exterior so the visitor is engaged with the gardens. Wooded pavilions crafted from local and durable sinker cypress entwine throughout lush gardens and plant collections to create an immersive and engaging experience for visitors and researchers as well as an enticing venue for events.
In association with Raymond Jungles
recognition
2017 APGA Garden of the Year Award
2016 National Building of America Award
2016 Intelligent Use of Water Award
2015 AIA San Antonio Design Award sustainability
LEED Gold Certified
The visitor center consists of 14,000 square feet of interior space for ticketing, retail, exhibit and dining, with an additional 16,000 square feet of exterior circulation with trellised gathering areas.
MARGARET T. HANCE PARK
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
The Margaret T. Hance Park is an existing 32 acre urban site over the US Interstate Highway 10 within Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The redevelopment of Hance park focused on transforming the existing park into a vibrant civic space and urban park that serves as a catalyst for the physical, social and economic health of the Phoenix metropolitan community. Emphasis was placed on improving pedestrian access to enhance connectivity within the community of Phoenix. Pedestrians have the opportunity to enjoy exercise and playscape amenities as well as bike share systems.
Focus was also placed on improving the identity of the park
The improved image was achieved through the implementation of sustainable initiatives, upgraded amenities, and enhanced programming. The strong identity the city desired for the park became a reality through the implementation of community and event spaces. The park will have the capability to host concerts and outdoor performances as well as provide shade structures for event gathering.
In association with Hargreaves Associates
MARINE EDUCATION CENTER at the GULF COAST RESEARCH LABORATORY
OCEAN SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI
“All buildings eventually end up in the ocean.”
Heeding this advice from the Center’s director, the project team focused on sustainable and resilient design for the Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory after the original Center was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Designed to be naturally resilient, the team sited the Center’s six new buildings tightly within the existing tree canopy, allowing the trees to serve as a natural wind buffer and the first line of defense in case of a natural disaster. The primary facility includes outdoor classrooms, laboratories, administration offices, assembly spaces, exhibition areas and a 200-foot long pedestrian suspension bridge.
In association with Unabridged Architecture and Studio Outside recognition
2020 AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Award
2020 Chicago Anthenaeum American Architecture Award
2019 Texas Society of Architects Design Award
2019 AIA Gulf States Design Award
2018 Wood Design & Building Award
2018 AIA Mississippi Honor Award
2018 USGBC Mississippi Sustainability Award
2018 AIA San Antonio Honor Award
2018 AIA Mississippi Sambo Mockbee Award
It was vital for the project to demonstrate responsible water conservation and stormwater management. Steep, sloping roofs quickly shed rainwater. Rainwater is collected off the main administration building’s roof into a 3,000-gallon underground fiberglass cistern and is utilized for flushing toilets.
Natural cooling is maximized through building orientation, ventilation, trees, and other landscape solutions. A red/green light system encourages users to utilize operable windows when outdoor conditions are favorable. A solar thermal system provides hot water to the building.
The Center serves as an outreach and education facility where researchers have an unparalleled opportunity to learn about the ecologically critical bayou and marsh wetlands of coastal Mississippi.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY POLLINATOR & BIRD GARDEN
STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Lake Flato partnered with Didier Design Studio and Phyto Studio to design an Observation Station for the new Pollinator and Bird Garden at Penn State University. The garden is designed to showcase the full range of local pollinators, providing an educational opportunity to local children and PSU students to observe their impact on local ecology and the food system. The Birdhouse is a raised observation platform with 3 distinct viewing areas, focused on birds that nest near the ground, in the low canopy, and in the high canopy.
In association with Didier Design Studio
HARDBERGER PARK
URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Hardberger Park is a 311-acre park located within the urban reaches of San Antonio focused on retaining a rich and diverse array of ecosystems. The Urban Ecology Center includes a visitor center that emphasizes the dynamic interaction between natural and urban systems, thereby educating and fostering the stewardship of the natural and cultural landscape. The complex consists of a series of pavilions housing programs including offices, restrooms and classrooms. These structures frame outdoor rooms of various scales that allow people to interact with the natural environment in contrasting ways, and demonstrate how buildings and people can develop a symbiotic relationship with the native landscape.
In association with Stimson Studio, D.I.R.T Studio and Rialto Studio recognition
2015 Texas Society of Architects Design Award
2014 AIA San Antonio Design Award
2014 San Antonio Green Building Award
sustainability
LEED Gold Certified
DIXON WATER FOUNDATION JOSEY PAVILION
DECATUR, TEXAS
The Betty & Clint Josey Pavilion is the first certified Living Building Challenge™ project in the State of Texas. The Living Building Challenge™ is a rigorous certification program that advocates for a fully restorative building. The 5,400-square-foot open air pavilion is a meeting and education center that serves as a demonstration site for the Dixon Water Foundation, whose mission is to promote healthy watersheds through sustainable land management to ensure the preservation of our water resources. The beauty in the design for the Josey Pavilion lies in how the simple, low-lying forms speak to the surrounding native prairie land. This simple building is dedicated to the challenge of being a fully restorative Living Building—a mission that ties directly to the Dixon Foundation’s message of resource conservation and watershed protection. In association with Biohabitats
recognition
2020 Chicago Anthenaeum American Architecture Award
2018 Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award
2016 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projec t
2016 U.S. Woodworks Wood Design Award
2016 Chicago Athenaeum american Architecture Award
2015 Texas Society of Architects Design Award
2015 Architzer A+ Award for Architecture + Sustainability
2014 AIA San Antonio Honor Award
sustainability
Living Building Challenge Certified
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA HILLTOP ARBORETUM
Affiliated with Louisiana State University, the Hilltop Arboretum is located at the convergence of three indigenous ecosystems— boggy wetlands, scrubby highlands and a meadow. The program components—exhibit areas, meeting space, gift shop, administration offices and storage—are housed in discrete volumes captured under one long roof that protects the open walkways. The materials and forms echo the simple vernacular architecture of the Louisiana low country, such as the fishing shacks that dot the area’s bayou.
In association with CARBO Landscape Architecture recognition
2006 Wood Design Award
2004 Texas Society of Architects Design Award
2004 AIA San Antonio Merit Award
2002 ABC Pelican Chapter Award, Excellence in Construction
sustainability
LEED Certified
LADY BIRD JOHNSON WILDFLOWER CENTER MEMORIAL TRAIL PAVILIONS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Located at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the Simmons Research Trail was created to honor the late Mark Simmons PhD, who served as the Lady Bird Johnson’s resident fire ecologist, researcher, and director of the of the LBJWC prairie restoration department. The Simmons Trail meanders through the heart of Mark’s fire research plots, where visitors can observe the effects of prescribed fire and rotational mowing (to mimic grazing) to restore native grassland communities.
Lake Flato’s designed the center's outdoor classroom, bird blind, and an elevated field observation station where visitors can see how prescribed fires change plant community composition when applied in different seasons.
IAIN NICOLSON AUDUBON CENTER AT ROWE SANCTUARY
GIBBONS, NEBRASKA
The Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary is a 20,000 SF facility in Central Nebraska which focuses on the education and stewardship for migrating sandhill cranes. Nestled along the Platte River, The goal of the Master Plan will be to help Rowe Sanctuary expand their environmental education programs, provide immersive trail experiences that engage visitors with the sanctuary mission, create a viewing blind experience for crane season and year-round use, and to maximize and expand the center site and building area as a hub of discovery. Three discovery stations along the Platt River are used to learn and view over 600,000 cranes during their annual Central Flyway stop-over during the early spring months.
In association with Studio Outside
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
FOSSIL DISCOVERY EXHIBIT
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
The Big Bend Fossil Discovery Exhibit is an off-grid, open-air center located in the expansive Big Bend National Park. Using a combination of fossil replicas, interpretive displays and geologic diagrams, visitors develop an understanding of the correlation between the dinosaur fossils discovered in the region and the geologic formations visible from the pavilion.
Because the exhibit is unstaffed, partitions are a key design factor that create an intuitive, self-guided visitor experience. The building materials — including perforated corrugated metal in a color scheme blending with the surrounding terrain to avoid disrupting views from roadways and trails— were chosen to be durable and low-maintenance in the harsh West Texas climate.
recognition
2019 AIA San Antonio Design Award
2018 American Alliance for Musuems
DALLAS ARBORETUM TRAMMELL CROW
VISITOR EDUCATION PAVILION
DALLAS, TEXAS
The walls of the Trammell Crow Visitor Education Pavilion create an edge and transition zone between urban Dallas and the gardens beyond. The buildings are a collection of stone walls punctuated by copper and glass pavilions. Visitors are funneled through a gap in the walls to the plaza, which is flanked by the primary public spaces— an orientation theater, a lecture/banquet hall, a meeting room, classrooms, a shop and a café. As the plants mature, the line between garden and buildings continues to blur.
In association with Oglesby Greene Architects and Naud Burnett recognition
2003 AIA San Antonio Design Award
HOUSTON ZOO JACK'S CAFÉ & EVENT SPACE
HOUSTON, TEXAS
As the final phase of Houston Zoo’s centennial plan, Jack’s Café connects the new McGovern Plaza to the historic reflection pool and colonnade with amenities that include an outdoor café experience, ice cream sales, and restrooms facilities. On the second floor, nestled between the canopies of the heritage live oaks is a large event space that overlooks the new Galápagos Islands exhibit. To support the Zoo’s mission for animal conservation, the entire building’s exterior glazing will be equipped with bird friendly glass to protect the local wildlife and habitat in Houston.
This 10,125 square foot mass timber structure serves not only as a much-needed amenity near the Zoo entry, but also as a building that speaks directly to the Zoo’s commitment to the environment and to inspiring actions to save wildlife. Jack’s Café, which is targeting LEED Gold Certification and 4 Star Green Restaurant Certification, seeks to conserve our natural resources and reduce the Zoo’s carbon footprint through efficient operations, rainwater collection, and the use of durable, lowcarbon building materials.
BERNHEIM ARBORETUM MASTERPLAN
CLERMONT, KENTUCKY
The Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is a dynamic 16,000 acre resource located between the Midwest and Southern regions of the United States in the Knobs Region of Kentucky. Already an inspiring story of ecological stewardship and environmental research, the Bernheim Arboretum Master Plan gives physical form to Bernheim’s Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan identified four ‘Big Ideas’ that challenge the Arboretum to advance and honor the legacy of Isaac W. Bernheim and his original vision that is as relevant and forward-thinking today as it was in 1929. The Master Plan creates a dynamic, immersive, and inspiring guest experience through significant, yet sensitive, interventions. These interventions will be the wellspring driving support, advancing the Arboretum’s mission, and ensuring future success.
In association with Studio Outside
DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Envisioned as a place dedicated to “help children and families enjoy the beauty of the desert – and care for it,” the new 3,500 square foot education center for Phoenix’s Desert Botanical Garden is an integral part of the master plan for the future Children & Family Garden. It will provide an immersive environment that encourages exploration and discovery. The interactive learning center integrates key themes around plants, nature and science by fostering the education, research, exhibition and conservation of desert plants. In association with Didier Design Studio
HOUSTON ARBORETUM VISITOR CENTER
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Recovering from the effects of a hurricane and drought within the last five years, the Houston Arboretum is in the process of restoring its site to its natural state. The new landscape scheme transitions from what is now completely forested to a range of habitat types, ranging from prairie to savannah to woodlands and the denser riparian ravines. In addition to landscape restoration, three new buildings will occupy the site: a visitor center, an education pavilion and a maintenance facility. The visitor center is designed for occupants to enter with a framed view of the prairie, move along a bar through the woodlands, and finally look out at the ravine.
In association with Design Workshop and Reed Hilderbrand recognition
2014 ASLA National Honor Award
ADAPTIVE REUSE
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS PEARL BREWERY REDEVELOPMENT
In 1883, the Pearl Brewing Company began producing its signature beer on the banks of the San Antonio River north of downtown San Antonio. The facility had grown to over 26 acres by the time the site was abandoned and put up for sale in 2001. The following year, it was purchased by a local developer who engaged an urban design team that would implement a strategy to transform the brownfield site into a 750,000 SF mixed-use village. The goal of the redevelopment was to create a sustainable live/ work experience that maintained the identity of the historic brewery while radically repurposing key parts of the compound to accommodate new uses.
The process began in 2002 with a placemaking charrette that sought to bring together developers and designers of similar projects around the country and engage them in a discussion about the potential of the site. A set of principles soon emerged that guided the implementation process that followed. The design team was charged with creating a self-sustaining village that offered a place for San Antonians to gather, visit, dine and live. All this would occur in a place where buildings were responsive to context, climate and the history of the site. Pearl would be transformational and unwavering in
its stewardship of its historic fabric, cultural resources and energy conservation. The heart and soul of Pearl is centered on extraordinary food attracting residents from all across the city. The development is animated with unique, local tenants with active users and residents interacting within thoughtfully designed interior spaces that spill outdoors onto plazas, patios and public spaces.
client/developer
Silver Ventures
project size
Master Plan: 26 acres
Phase I: Renovation & New Construction: 67,000 SF
Phase II: Renovation & New Construction: 18,000 SF
Phase III: New Construction, 5% Renovation: 96,000 SF
recognition
2017 Urban Land Institute Global Award for Excellence
2015 Congress for New Urbanism, Charter Award
2014 AIA Institute Honor Award for Regional & Urban Design
2014 Texas Society of Architects Design Award
2013 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projects Award
2012 Eco-Structure Evergreen Award
2009 AIA San Antonio Design Award
The key here is adaptive reuse. It’s a really strong model for inserting something new into an otherwise derelict neighborhood of abandoned buildings and turning it into something that could revitalize the neighborhood.
Inherent in the project’s vision is a vibrant pedestrian-oriented community that reflects the unique character and culture of San Antonio. The design of the internal infrastructure has been carefully scaled and detailed. Street widths were reduced to 24 feet with no curb to encourage pedestrian movement. To maintain the industrial character of the site, elements of the Brewhouse interior were salvaged and reused, including machinery footings which became bollards and beer vats repurposed as water cisterns.
The Pearl Brewery has acted as a catalyst for nearby urban redevelopment and neighborhood revitalization. Located two miles from downtown and two miles from residential neighborhoods established to the north, the Pearl Brewery is uniquely positioned to reconnect these disparate parts of the city. Designed to interface with the River North Plan, Pearl is the north anchor to
the plan and acts as the terminus of the San Antonio River Walk Extension. To better connect the Pearl with the city around it, the developer contributed land to the city to create a 300’ x 80’ lake with waterfalls and restored wetlands that serves as the backdrop for the Pearl Amphitheater stage.
The Pearl Brewery has become a center for the culinary arts, with 19 restaurants and cafés. The Pearl is also home to the 30,500
SF Culinary Institute of America, which includes an exclusive Latin Cuisines Kitchen with both indoor and outdoor cooking stations. In addition, a Saturday and Sunday farmers market routinely attracts up to 8,000 participants while festival events such as the annual Tamale Festival attract over 25,000 people. Committed to being the home of unique local retail and dining establishments, the Pearl Brewery is currently free of any national chain store or restaurant, which shows a commitment to preserving the unique character of its place.
Pearl features 446 apartments, 19 restaurants and cafés, 14 retailers, 18 live/work spaces, and a 2 acre park. The site is bicycle-friendly and encourages pedestrian traffic. While apartments, offices and retail spaces are all within walking distance to the Pearl’s campus and the River North extension, landscaped courtyards provide a relaxing respite from the bustle of the brewery.
pearl traffic: 80,000+ weekly visitors
farmers market // 8,000+ weekly visitors
music in the park series // 50,000+ visitors
dance hall series // 5,000 visitors
Full Goods Warehouse was the first phase of the Pearl Brewery Redevelopment that ignited future development within the district. The adaptive reuse/ mixed-use building is a modern re-telling and reflection of the 1974 building’s industrial past as a brewery warehouse (filled bottles = full goods).
The original one story building was converted to two floors containing office and retail spaces connected by a series of catwalks. It serves as a model for sustainable development and is recognized for its design in water conservation, energy efficiency, materials selections and indoor environmental quality.
The buildings’ designs reflect a commitment to sustainability and are recognized for sustainable site development, water conservation, energy efficiency, material selections and indoor environmental quality.
As well as being home to one of the largest solar energy projects in Texas, the Pearl Brewery site also uses innovative low-level illumination strategies to reduce light pollution. While the entire site displays a commitment to sustainable development, three of the newly constructed or renovated projects are LEED Gold Certified, including the Full Goods Warehouse.
No potable water is used to irrigate the landscaping on site. Instead, captured rainwater is harvested from four buildings on site and distributed across the site using pipes, valves and holding tanks salvaged from the former brewery. Parking lots that slope toward planting areas reduce site run-off while bio-swales, catch basins and the use of permeable pavers further reduce run-off and improve the quality of water leaving the site.
CARRARO PLANT
KYLE, TEXAS
Located on a 40-acre river-bottom site, the house reuses the steel frame, stair rails and ventilators of a decommissioned cement plant bought for $20,000. Lake|Flato re-erected the 40’ x 80’ steel-framed building into a “Z” shape around existing Live Oak trees.
The final design broke the steel structure into three parts, and arranges them create two distinctive courtyards: an entry court and river court. The narrow, central building contains the master bedroom, library, utility, and open dog-run entry. The open three-bay structure forms the garage and farm implement building. And the third, four-bay structure contains the living room, kitchen, and floating guest bedroom within screened walls.
The living room is formed with stone serving to block the cold winter wind while capturing the cool, south-eastern breezes in the summer. These thick stone walls contrast with the metal screen and galvanized metal walls. Roof ventilators and light tubes were mounted on the roof of the living room to exhaust hot air and bring natural light in.
project size
3,647 sq. ft.
recognition
1993 AIA Western Home Award
1992 AIA National Honor Award
1991 AIA San Antonio Honor Award
1991 Architectural Record, Houses Award
LIVESTRONG HEADQUARTERS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
This creative adaptive reuse project transformed a dilapidated warehouse into a vibrant, new home and model for sustainability for this community-based non-profit organization.
Lake|Flato’s design for the renovated facility provides office space, meeting rooms, dining facilities, an in-house gymnasium, open-air courtyard, and parking for the staff of 62. Clerestory windows bring light into office space, and freestanding offices or “boxes” of wood reclaimed from the site lend a sense of natural warmth, while concrete floors allow for an environment that is both durable and versatile.
With a focus on sustainability, resiliency and health, this green building project recycled and reused 88% of the materials demolished from the existing, provided daylight to 99.35% of regularly occupied spaces and access to views to 97.3% of those spaces, and 67% water use reduction through rainwater collection for irrigation and efficient fixtures.
client/developer
Livestrong Foundation
project size
30,000 SF construction cost withheld at owner’s request recognition
2012 Urban Land Institute Global Awards for Excellence Finalist
2011 AIA Committee on the Environment, Top Ten Green Project
2011 AIA San Antonio Honor Award
2010 Texas Society of Architects / AIA Design Award
sustainability
LEED Gold
The existing tilt-wall building and zero-lot line site limited daylight potential from walls, so the design team incorporated a north facing saw-tooth clerestory that flooded the interior space with indirect natural light and remarkable sky views. The saw-tooth roof and clerestory is also designed to maximize solar energy harvesting in the future. Wood material salvaged from the existing roof structure was reincorporated into the open office concept in the form of break rooms, conference rooms and lounges.
WE BELIEVE IN CREATING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ENRICH COMMUNITIES AND NURTURE LIFE
FIRM OVERVIEW
Established in 1984, Lake|Flato designs buildings that respond to the culture and climate of each unique place. We believe in creating environments that enrich communities and nurture life through our work. In collaboration with our clients, Lake|Flato creates buildings that are tactile and modern, environmentally responsible and authentic, artful and crafted.
The firm’s designs evolve from an appreciation for the pragmatic solutions of vernacular architecture, the honesty of modernism, and the context of our rich and varied landscape. By employing sustainable strategies in a wide variety of building types and scales, the firm designs architecture that conserves energy and natural resources while creating highperformance buildings and healthy built environments for the building’s occupants.
With a staff of more than 150 professionals, Lake|Flato is guided by nine partners who create teams that lead each project from beginning to completion. A collaborative process within the office fully engages clients and subconsultants and creates a place in which ideas can flourish. Comprehensive and inclusive design reviews generate fresh ideas and firmwide ownership of the work.
Lake|Flato has received wide critical acclaim. In 2019, we were recognized by ARCHITECT Magazine as the top firm in the U.S. in their annual ARCHITECT 50 ranking. The American Institute of Architects honored us with its prestigious Firm of the Year Award in 2004, and the firm earned a Texas Medal of Arts in 2009. In 2016, Fast Company named us one of the “Ten Most Innovative Architecture Firms in the World” and the LOCUS Foundation honored Lake|Flato with a Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, recognizing our architectural approach to addressing the needs of society. Fourteen Lake|Flato projects have received the national AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Award, the highest recognition for sustainable design. In all, our work has been recognized with more than 300 international, national and regional awards.
As architects, teachers, environmental stewards and community advocates, we strive to elevate the public’s appreciation of architecture and foster the education of the next generation of architects.
RECOGNITION
Lake|Flato has been recognized with more than 300 international, national and regional awards and featured in over 100 books and 250 publications.
INTERNATIONAL
ARCHITIZER A+ ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
House Zero (Architecture + New Technology & Experimental Design)
Clinton Corners (Architecture+Prefab Jury Winner)
Confluence Park (Cultural+Pavilions)
Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion (Sustainability)
Marine Education Center (Architecture + Sustainability)
Alamo Beer Brewery (Honorable Mention: Metal Details)
Austin Central Library (Honorable Mention: Light)
ARCHDAILY TOP 100 PROJECTS IN THE WORLD
ASU Health Services Building
Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion
CHICAGO ATHENAEUM AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Aegean Pool House
Ishawooa Mesa Ranch
Confluence Park
Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion
Ishawooa Mesa Ranch
Knox College Whitcomb Art Center
Marine Education Center
CONGRESS FOR NEW URBANISM GLOBAL CHARTER AWARD
Pearl Brewery Redevelopment
LOCUS FOUNDATION GLOBAL AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
Lake|Flato Architects
INTERIOR DESIGN MAGAZINE HALL OF FAME
Lake|Flato Architects
INTERIOR DESIGN BEST OF THE YEAR DESIGN AWARD
Canopy Hotel San Antonio (Chain Hotel)
S TEPHEN R. KELLERT BIOPHILIC DESIGN AWARD
Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion
TIME MAGAZINE: WORLD’S GREATEST PLACES
Austin Central Library
ULI INSTITUTE GLOBAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
Pearl Brewery Redevelopment
THE WOOD PRODUCTS COUNCIL WOOD DESIGN
AWARD FOR GREEN BUILDING
Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion
WOOD DESIGN & BUILDING AWARD
Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research
Laborator y
NATIONAL
AIA ARCHITECTURE FIRM AWARD
Lake|Flato Architects
ARCHITECT 50, TOP U.S. FIRMS
Lake|Flato Architects - 1st Overall (2019)
AIA INSTITUTE HONOR AWARD
Armstrong Oil & Gas
Carraro Residence
Confluence Park
Hill Country Jacal
Hog Pen Creek Residence
Lasater Residence
Marine Education Center
Pearl Brewery Redevelopment
World Birding Center
AIA/HUD COMMUNITY BUILDING BY DESIGN AWARD Carver Academy
ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER BEST OF DESIGN AWARDS
Courtyard House (Honorable Mention)
AIA COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMEN T
TOP TEN GREEN PROJECTS
Arizona State University Health Services Building
Arizona State University Polytechnic Academic Buildings
Austin Central Library
Confluence Park
Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion
Georgia Tech Krone Engineered Biosystems Building
Government Canyon Visitor Education Center
H-E-B Muller Market
Knox College Whitcomb Art Center
Livestrong Foundation Headquarters
Marine Education Center
Pearl Brewery Redevelopment
Shangri La Botanical Gardens & Nature Center
University of Texas at Houston School of Nursing
World Birding Center
AIA/ALA LIBRARY BUILDING AWARD
Austin Central Library
Great Northwest Branch Library
ALA/IIDA LIBRARY INTERIOR DESIGN AWARD
Austin Central Library
FAITH & FORM, RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Congregation Agudas Achim
Friends Meetinghouse
AIA COMMITTEE ON ARCHITECTURE FOR EDUCATION
Arizona State University Polytechnic Academic Buildings
Carver Academy
Confluence Park
Cranbrook Kingswood Girls Middle School
Francis Parker School
Indian Springs School
Knox College Whitcomb Art Center
St. John’s College Levan Hall
AIA HOUSING AWARD
1221 Broadway
Blue Lake Retreat
Hog Pen Creek Residence
Lake Austin Residence
Lake Tahoe Residence
ASLA HONOR AWARDS
Arizona State University Polytechnic Academic District
Houston Arboretum
Mill Springs Ranch
Phil Hardberger Park Urban Ecology Center
Shangri La Botanical Gardens & Nature Center
West Texas Ranch
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION AWARD
Armstrong Oil & Gas Headquarters
Arizona State University Polytechnic Academic Buildings
Cutting Horse Ranch
Government Canyon Visitor Center
Triple-S Steel Supply Company
BUILDER’S CHOICE AWARDS
Lake|Flato (Hall of Fame for Design Excellence Award)
Miller Porch House (Project of the Year)
Mill Springs Ranch (Custom Home Design Award)
1221 Broadway Redevelopment (Design & Planning Award)
Hacienda Ja Ja (Design & Planning Award)
LC Ranch (Design & Planning Award)
Story Pool House (Design & Planning Award)
CONGRESS FOR NEW URBANISM EMERGING PROJECT AWARD
Montgomery Park Master Plan
ECOHOME AWARD
Hacienda Ja Ja
ECO-STRUCTURE EVERGREEN AWARD
Full Goods Warehouse
METAL ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AWARD
Knox College Whitcomb Art Building
Spurs AT&T Center
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECT DESIGN AWARD
1221 Broadway Redevelopment
Broadford Farm Pavilion
Dog Team Too Loft & Studio
Hacienda Ja Ja
LC Ranch
SOCIETY FOR COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY PLANNING AWARDS
Knox College Whitcomb Art Center
USG Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education
Facility
TILT-UP CONCRETE ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Lake|Flato Architects (Irving J. Gill Progressive Architect Award)
Confluence Park (Achievement Award)
U.S. WOODWORKS WOOD DESIGN AWARD
Friends Meetinghouse
Hotel Magdalena
LSU Hilltop Arboretum
The Soto
University of Denver Career Achievemnet Center
REGIONAL
AIA ARIZONA DESIGN AWARD
Arizona State University Health Services Building
AIA AUSTIN DESIGN AWARD
Holdsworth Center
Blue Lake Retreat
Austin Central Library (with Sustainability Commendation)
Hotel Magdalena
Witte Museum
AIA COLORADO DESIGN AWARD
Armstrong Oil & Gas Headquarters
University of Denver Career Achievement Center (Award of Merit)
AIA GEORGIA DESIGN AWARD
Georgia Tech Krone Engineered Biosystems Building
Georgia Tech West Village Commons
AIA INDIANA DESIGN AWARD
Prindle Institute for Ethics
AIA MARYLAND DESIGN AWARD
USG Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education
Building
AIA MISSISSIPPI DESIGN AWARD + JURY AWARD
Marine Education Center at GCRL
AIA NEVADA DESIGN AWARD
Horizon House
AIA SAN ANTONIO DESIGN AWARD (2006-2020)
1221 Broadway Redevelopment
Aegean Pool House
Agudas Achim Synagogue
Alamo Beer Brewery
Armstrong Oil & Gas Headquarters
ASU Polytechnic Academic District
ASU Health Services Building
Bellaire Residence
Blue Lake Retreat
Bluffview Porch House
Briscoe Western Art Museum
Broadford Farm Pavilion
Brown Residence
Clinton Corners Residence
Confluence Park
Courtyard House
Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls
Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion
Dunning Residence
Epoch Winery
Full Goods Warehouse
Georgia Tech Krone Engineered Biosystems Building
Georgia Tech West Village Commons
Goat Mountain Ranch
Government Canyon Visitor Education Center
Hillside House
Hog Pen Creek Residence
Hotel San Jose
Indian Springs School
Knox College Whitcomb Art Center
Lake Austin Residence
Lake Tahoe Residence
Livestrong Foundation Headquarters
Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Midtown Arts & Theater Center, Houston (MATCH)
Mill Springs Ranch
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Center for Conservation
Naples Botanical Garden Visitor Center
New Mexico School for the Arts
Olmos Park Residence
Pearl Brewery Redevelopment
Phil Hardberger Park Urban Ecology Center
SK Ranch
Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children
St. John’s College Levan Hall
Story Pool Pavilion
The Prow
Triple S Steel
UT Austin Harry Ransom Center
UT Houston, School of Nursing
Verde Creek Ranch
World Birding Cente r
AIA SAN ANTONIO COTE AWARD
Georgia Tech Krone Engineered Biosystems Building
AIA SAN DIEGO DESIGN AWARD
Francis Parker School
AUSTIN GREEN AWARDS
Austin Central Library
Holdsworth Center
AUSTIN BUSINESS JOURNAL COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AWARDS
Music Lane
SAN ANTONIO BEST OF DOWNTOWN AWARD
Alamo Beer Brewery
Briscoe Western Art Museum
SAN ANTONIO GREEN BUILDING AWARD
1221 Broadway
Phil Hardberger Park Urban Ecology Center
TEXAS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS DESIGN AWARDS
1221 Broadway Redevelopment
ASU Polytechnic Academic District
ASU Health Services Building
Armstrong Oil & Gas Headquarters
Brown Residence
Carraro Residence (25 Year Honor Award)
Confluence Park
Courtyard House
Cutting Horse Ranch
Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion
Dog Team Too Loft and Studio
Epoch Winery
Epoch Tasting Room
Friends Meetinghouse
Full Goods Warehouse
Government Canyon Visitor Education Center
Hog Pen Creek Residence
Hotel Magdalena
Hotel San Jose
House Zero
Indian Springs School
Ishawooa Mesa Ranch
Knox College Whitcomb Art Center
Lake Austin House
Livestrong Foundation Headquarters
LSU Hilltop Arboretum
Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Museum of Fine Arts Center for Conservation
Murchison Residence for Art
Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH)
New Mexico School for the Arts
Pearl Brewery Redevelopment
Phil Hardberger Park Urban Ecology Center
The Prow
SK Ranch
TreeHouse Dallas
UTHSC School of Nursing
UT Austin Visual Arts Center
World Birding Center
ULI HOUSTON AWARDS
H-E-B Montrose Market (People’s Choice Award)
Midtown Arts & Theater Center, Houston (Development of Distinction Award)
LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Lake|Flato believes that architecture and sustainability are inseparable, and that buildings should be beautiful and affordable while promoting healthy living. With these goals in mind, we help our clients understand the necessity and attainability of a sustainable approach to all architecture.
NATIONAL AIA COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT TOP TEN GREEN PROJECTS
Fifteen Lake|Flato-designed projects have received national AIA COTE Top Ten Green Awards, The American Institute of Architects’ highest honor for excellence in sustainable design.
LAKE|FLATO + THE 2030 CHALLENGE
Lake|Flato Architects is committed to meeting the 2030 Challenge and has defined a process and the incremental steps to achieve this goal. Lake|Flato and our consultants use a variety of energy modeling software suites to evaluate effective sustainable design, measure energy performance and document our progress relative to the 2030 Challenge. We are also currently initiating a PostOccupancy Evaluation program.
LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE
Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion (certified)