We are excited to announce two more additions to the Lake|Flato team: our newest intern, Jordan Tsai and marketing staff, Cecelia Smith. Cecelia is a native San Antonian who left the sunny south Texas skies to attend Syracuse University in New York. While braving the northeast winters, she earned a BA in Political Science with a Minor in Architecture. Cecelia’s favorite LF project is the Pearl Brewery because of its vibrant contribution to San Antonio’s urban life. When not coordinating the office’s social media sites, she enjoys cooking, judging debate tournaments, participating in urban...

Keegan is the fifth intern that has contributed to the Porch House effort and the Lake Flato office. She piled in and immediately helped on numerous Porch House projects including Prow, Little Woods, Walker Porch House amongst others and non Porch House work that has drifted into the studio. In addition, she worked on several “Ted Projects” that deserve extra time, patience and cause one to work light on their feet, so to speak. She somehow was always able to translate my cryptic sketches into beautiful diagrams and graphics. From the beginning Keegan was always eager to learn, take on...

One of the most challenging requirements of the Living Building Challenge is the Red List. The Red List is a list of commonly used construction materials that cannot be used in Living Building Challenge projects due to health/toxicity concerns. I am often asked about specific items on the Red List and what the specific concerns about them are. This compiled list by the International Living Future Institute helps to explain why they feel these materials should be phased out of production.

Tis the summer for friendly new faces around Lake|Flato. One such face is our newest full time hire, Daniel Mowery. Daniel is joining us from Charlottesville, VA where he earned both a Bachelors and Masters of Architecture from University of Virginia before putting a few years of professional practice on his resume. In addition to his studies, he spent a summer drawing architecture throughout Northern Italy and Rome (see beautiful sketches below). Daniel also enjoys driving, film, and like many of us here at Lake|Flato, “anything outside.” His favorite firm project is the Brown Residence, and...