THE DOGRUN/2014
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Last week Vicki, Grace and I were jurors for the AIA Kansas City Young Architects Forum 2014 Monsters of Design Awards. It is 'an annual design competition for young architects and designers in or around the Kansas City metro area' and part of Kansas City Design Week. We had a great time viewing nearly 60 wonderful entries with a lot of range from finished buildings to musical instruments, fonts, art, and even apps. We can't say who the big winners are yet, as they are set to be announced later this week, but we can say we had a terrific time with co-chairs Lindsey and Gavin and were very...
During my second day, some fellow LFers invited me to spend the weekend in West Texas. Without hesitation I agreed to jump in the car the following day, on a quest to experience Marfa. The odyssey began with six people in a truck and a landscape with lots to keep us entertained.* *The Windmill Game introduced to us by Clay Cottingham. Rules: every time you see a windmill, yell windmill to earn a point for your team. (Go team backseat!!) Upon arrival we were greeted by some Marfa locals at the Museum of Electronic Wonders and late Night Grilled Cheese Parlor. After eating our late night snack...
Introducing our newest intern, Keegan Raleigh! Within two days of starting her internship at LF, Keegan agreed to take a weekend trip with a couple of LFers to Marfa, Texas. I'm not quite sure she knew what she was getting herself into when she got into the cramped car for our journey West, but we were all very happy to have the opportunity to get to know her better (we quickly learned a couple things: she's a vegetarian, she briefly studied in Australia under Glenn Murcutt, and her nickname at her last job was "Nugget"). Although born in Denver, Keegan grew up in Houston. She received her...
In honor of Lake Flato’s thirtieth anniversary, the Thirty Projects x Thirty Years series has been developed to explore and celebrate the firm’s history and culture of design. Published bi-weekly, the series will highlight one project per year, starting in 1984 and ending in 2014. The projects that have been selected will give you a snapshot of the firm’s evolution as well as provide a fun and insightful collection on then and now, and ultimately, who we are today. Marty McFly : Hey, Doc, we better back up. We don't have enough road to get up to 88. Dr. Emmett Brown : Roads? Where we're going...
Arizona State University's Student Health Services Renovation, a joint project between Lake|Flato Architects and orcutt | winslow, officially earned LEED Platinum certification earlier this month. This is the highest certification level available from the U.S. Green Building Council. The project entailed the demolition of approximately 15,000 sq. ft. of inefficient single-story facility, the renovation of 14,000 sq. ft. of existing two-story structure containing administrative support, labs, wellness programs, and the addition of a new 20,000 sq. ft. two-story wing containing campus health...
While living in East Africa I came across a university campus by a little-known Belgian architect named Roger Bastin. Built in Bujumbura, Burundi from 1950-1961, this campus of concrete and steel was set high upon a hill overlooking the city. Burundi was a colony of Belgium and, like most public projects in the region, the school was meant to be a symbol of colonial rule embodied in the permanence of reinforced concrete. According to the architect, the overt gestures of 1960s modernism were meant to symbolize progress – specifically that the buildings of the future were not bound to...
In honor of Lake Flato’s thirtieth anniversary, the Thirty Projects x Thirty Years series has been developed to explore and celebrate the firm’s history and culture of design. Published bi-weekly, the series will highlight one project per year, starting in 1984 and ending in 2014. The projects that have been selected will give you a snapshot of the firm’s evolution as well as provide a fun and insightful collection on then and now, and ultimately, who we are today. In the midst of George Orwell's fateful year, David Lake and Ted Flato found themselves in good company with a few other GenX...
Meet our most recent recruits: Daniel Lazarine and Ben Hartigan. Dan has been running in the LF circle for a number of years (he literally runs and cycles with the 3rd Street Grackles). He previously collaborated with Lake|Flato on the San Antonio Federal Courthouse. When asked to divulge an interesting fact about himself, Dan joked that his wife refers to him as "The World's Most Uninteresting Man". Ben is returning to Lake|Flato for a full time gig after interning with us a couple of years back. Although originally from Chicago, Ben was most recently working in Haiti. Adventurous at heart,...
In November 2011 we replanted our grass yard with native plantings. This year was less about the plants and more about the new insects and animals that appeared. We had our first Red Hawk sighting (who ate one of the gold fish in the pond) our first Yellow Garden Spiders, and our first group of Hummingbirds. All of the plants continue to do well. Some of our zero maintenance favorites include Big Muhly , Monterrey Oak and Nolina Texana . See the overview of year two below. Maximilian Sunflower, Twist Leaf Yucca Gregg's Mistflower, Horse-Crippler Cactus Newly created bird's nest in Mexican...
The beginning of the year has brought new talent to the office: Casey Nelson and June Jung. Casey moved to San Antonio from Knoxville, Tennessee, after graduating with a B. Arch from the University of Tennessee (which she claims is "the real UT"). Her favorite LF project is Desert House ("that context!"). She'll be working with our independent schools team on the Academy of Our Lady of Peace in San Diego, CA. A fun fact about Casey: both she and her husband share birthdays with their fathers. June made the extremely long trek of 75 minutes from Austin to San Antonio with his wife and newborn...
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