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"Challenge: Combine the style of an architect-designed
home with the sustainability and economy of a prefabricated structure. High on a rise in Texas Hill Country, a family’s contemporary ranch retreat presides over the rugged, rolling landscape. Its design and layout, custom-tailored to the site by..."
"Lake|Flato Architect's status as a relative newcomer
to prefab carries significant benefits. By entering the prefab world later than many of its peers, the well-established San Antonio firm was able to learn from others' experiences before building its first modular home. Starting in 2009, the firm..."
"Associate partner Bill Aylor says Lake|Flato Architects
had long had a fascination with prefab, and living and working in Texas, where modular sheds and barns were common in the rural locations the firm often worked, it seemed a natural fit. "During our internal investigations we decided..."
A LEED-certified home is designed and constructed in
accordance with the rigorous guidelines of the LEED for Homes green building certification program. Find out what that entails by visting the U.S. Green Building Council website.
"Sensitivity to place - views, terrain, local materials,
prevailing breezes - and a strong belief in sustainability add an enlightened dimension to the work of San Antonio's award-winning Lake|Flato Architects, a 55-member firm founded by principals David Lake and Ted Flato. Native stone..."
"The fact that architects have been fascinated with
prefabrication is no secret. Over the past 90 years, such luminaries as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Yona Friedman, Team X, and Jean Prouve engaged in the dialogue. Modernists found it to work in their system of the free plan..."
"A composite of custom and prefabricated, the Porch
Houses designed by Lake|Flato are site specific and LEED certified. The firm's Porch House concept combines factory-built room modules with custom, site-built outdoor elements (porches, breezeways, carports, terraces), all called porches..."
"Is there anything made in America less innovative
than the single-family home? ...Like what Texas's Lake|Flato is doing in this arena, combining vernacular style with precision building technology for their Porch House. Though the firm is building custom one-offs, they are also working on a number..."
"Porch House is Lake|Flato Architects' fully-customizable
solution for the prefab market. Designed for LEED certification and featuring passive solar design, natural ventilation and energy efficient strategies, the Porch House consists of a series of living and sleeping modules that can be strung..."
"The terms 'high-end home design' and 'prefabrication'
don't often go together, but Lake|Flato Architects is trying the mix with a modular house. The San Antonio-based firm — better known for its modern residences and for snagging the American Institute of Architects' coveted Architecture Firm Award..."
"The highest accolades given by the San Antonio
chapter of the American Institute of Architects - the honor awards - went to Lake|Flato Architects and Overland Partners. David Lake and Ted Flato, the founding principals of Lake|Flato, were each given honor awards for the design..."
awards
2012
residential architect Merit Award, Miller Ranch
2011
Builder's Choice Project of the Year, Miller Ranch
2010
AIA San Antonio, Citation Award, Miller Ranch
