Lake Flato has produced an extraordinary range of buildings and landscapes that respond to local climates and ecologies, that use local materials and products, and that refer to local traditions and forms. Through their sensitive re-interpretations of the places in which they build, Lake ] Flato has designed structures that seem inseparable from their prairie,desert, bayou, and mountain sites. At the same time the work has universal appeal as an example of truly sustainable architecture, low in its resource use and well-loved by its users.

Foreword

14

Introduction

by Thomas Fisher

FLAT

20

House of Light

26

3D4esert House

Air Barns

40

Alamo Cement House

50

Birding Center

62

Community Arena

74

Corporate Campus

HILLSIDE

88

River Ranch

94

Lucky Boy Ranch

98

Line Camp

104

House on a Perch

118

Garden of the Gods

122

Sierra Nevada Library

TRANSITIONAL

132

House of Pavilions

142

House of Courts

150

Edge House

158

Canal House

166

Lake House

170

Hilltop Arboretum

178

Science Treehouse

186

Texas State Cemetery

194

Dallas Arboretum

URBAN

210

Agudas Achim Synagogue

22O

Campus Museum

23O

Alamo Street Lofts

238

Hotel San Jose

246

Greenhill School

250

Carver Academy

254

International Center

258

River Link

264

School of Nursing

APPENDIX

282

Acknowledgements

284

Project Credits

286

Past

288

Present

290

Future

292

Copyright, Book Credits

and Authors