Awards
Lake Flato has been honored with over 300 design awards, including the American Institute of Architects Firm of the Year Award in 2004 and 16 Top Ten Project Awards from the AIA Committee on the Environment. Twenty years after receiving the Firm of the Year Award, David Lake and Ted Flato were honored with the 2024 Gold Medal Award, the AIA’s highest honor, recognizing individuals whose work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture. Lake Flato has also received the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture and was named one of the Ten Most Innovative Architecture Firms in the World by Fast Company. Lake Flato placed 1st in Architect Magazine’s 2019 Top 50 — an annual ranking of the best U.S. firms.
2025
AIA Committee on Architecture for Education Facility Design Award
AIA Interior Architecture Award
AIA Justice Facilities Review Award
Residential Design Architecture Award
Texas ASLA Honor Award
WoodWorks Wood in Architecture Award
Trinity University Dicke Hall + Business and Humanities District
2024
AIA Architecture Award
AIA Austin Design Award of Merit
AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Award
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
AIA Florida Merit Award of Excellence
AIA Gold Medal Award
AIA Orlando Award of Excellence
AIA Regional & Urban Design Award
AIA San Antonio Design Award
Trinity University Dicke Hall + Business and Humanities District
AIA San Antonio Design Award
AIA San Antonio Design Award
AIA San Antonio Residential Design Award
American City & Country Crown Community Award
American Planning Association Arizona Great Public Places Award
The Architect’s Newspaper Award Honorable Mention
Trinity University Dicke Hall + Business and Humanities District
The Architect’s Newspaper Award Honorable Mention
The Architect’s Newspaper Award Honorable Mention
The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Practice Award, Southwest, XL Practice
Architizer A+ Award Finalist
Architizer A+ Jury Award
Architizer A+ Jury Award
Arizona ASLA President’s Award and Award of Excellence
Arizona Forward Crescordia Award
Austin Green Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
Congress for the New Urbanism Merit Award for an Emerging Project
IIDA Interior Design Competition Winner
IIDA Texas Oklahoma Design Excellence Award
Metropolis Planet Positive Award, Honorable Mention
SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture Award Honorable Mention
Trinity University Dicke Hall + Business and Humanities District
Texas Society of Architects Design Award
2023
AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Award
AIA Greenville Design Award
AIA North Carolina Design Award
AIA San Antonio Mayor’s Choice Award
AIA San Antonio Place Award
AIA San Antonio Place Award (Educational Winner)
ARCHITECT Magazine Residential Architect Design Awards
American Society of Landscape Architects Texas Award of Excellence
The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards, Honorable Mention Renovation
The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Practice Award, Southwest, XL Practice
Architizer A+ Award
Arizona Parks & Recreation Outstanding Facilities Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards Honorable Mention
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards Honorable Mention
DBIA National Build Merit Award
ENR Mountain State Region Best Higher Education/Research Project
ENR Southwest Landscape/Urban Development Best Project of the Year
ENR Texas & Louisiana Best Manufacturing Project
ENR Texas & Louisiana Best Project Award of Merit
Trinity University Dicke Hall + Business and Humanities District
IIDA Texas Oklahoma Best in Show Award
IIDA Texas Oklahoma Design Excellence Award
North American Copper in Architecture Award
Residential Design Architecture Awards – Citation Award, Custom Outdoor Living Design
Residential Design Architecture Awards – Honor Award, Custom Accessory or Outbuilding
Residential Design Architecture Awards – Honor Award, Custom Outdoor Living Design
Residential Design Architecture Awards – Honor Award, Custom Urban House
Texas Society of Architects Design Award
Texas Society of Architects Design Award
Tilt-Up Concrete Association Tilt-Up Achievement Award
USGBC Colorado Leadership in Design & Construction Award
Utah Masonry Council Excellence in Masonry Design
2022
AGC of Utah Green Building Award of Excellence
AIA Architecture Award
AIA Austin Design Award of Merit
AIA Committee on Architecture for Education Facility Design Award
AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Project Award
AIA San Antonio Design Excellence Award
AIA San Antonio Design Excellence Award
America By Design: Architecture Season One Winner
Architizer A+Awards Jury Winner for Architecture +Experimental Design
Architizer A+Awards Jury Winner for Architecture +New Technology
BUILDER Magazine Builder’s Choice Project of the Year
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
City of Denver Mayor’s Design Awards
Dezeen Award Rural House of the Year
Dezeen’s Top 10 Architecture Projects of 2022
Dezeen’s Top 10 Houses of 2022
ENR Texas Best Project Award – Government/Public Building
Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture of 2022: Finalist – Spaces and Places
Future House Awards: Most Innovative House of The Year
Hospitality Design Award Finalist: Lifestyle Hotel
Institute for Sustainable Laboratories Award
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
Metropolis Planet Positive Award Honoree
SCUP Excellence in Architecture Merit Award
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
San Antonio Magazine General Excellence Award
TIME Magazine Best Invention in Design
Texas Society of Architects Design Award
Texas Society of Architects Design Award
Texas Society of Architects Design Award
Texas Society of Architects Design Award
ULI Austin Most Influential Project
Utah Construction & Design Outstanding Green/Sustainable Project
WoodWorks Wood Design Award for Regional Excellence
WoodWorks Wood Design Award for Regional Excellence
WoodWorks Wood Design Award for Sustainable Wood Design
2021
AIA Austin Design Award for Excellence
AIA Austin Design Award of Merit
AIA Colorado Award of Merit
AIA Maryland Jury Citation for Institutional Architecture
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
AIA Maryland Vision Award
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
AIA Potomac PV Award – Recognizing “Best in Show” Design Exemplifying Elements of AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
AIA Potomac Valley Honor Award – Institutional Architecture
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
AIA San Antonio Citation Award
AIA San Antonio Honor Award
AIA San Antonio Honor Award
AIA San Antonio Merit Award
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
AIA San Antonio Merit Award
Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards – Honorable Mention
Architectural Digest Hotel Award
Austin Business Journal Commercial Real Estate Award
Austin Green Award
CNU Charter Award of Merit for Emerging Projects
IIDA Georgia Best of the Best Awards
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
Interior Design Best of Year Design Award: Chain Hotel
Montgomery Planning Design Excellence Award for Excellence in Building and Site Design
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
New Mexico ASLA Design Award
SCUP Excellence in Architecture Merit Award
Texas ASLA Merit Award
Texas Society of Architects 25 Year Award
Texas Society of Architects Design Award
USGBC National Capital Region Judge’s Choice Award
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility
2020
AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Award
AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Award
AIA New Mexico Merit Award
AIA San Antonio Citation Award
AIA San Antonio Honor Award
AIA San Antonio Merit Award
Architizer A+ Jury Award – Architecture+Climate Change
Brick in Architecture Award: Gold Winner for Hospitality
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award
ENR Southwest K-12 Project of the Year
NAIOP DC | MD Award of Excellence, Best Institutional Facility
The Universities at Shady Grove Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Education Facility