Recognition
Lake|Flato has been honored with over 300 design awards, including the American Institute of Architects Firm of the Year Award in 2004 and 15 Top Ten Green Project Awards from the AIA Committee on the Environment. In 2013, the firm received the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture and in 2014, Lake|Flato was inducted into the Interior Design Magazine Hall of Fame. Lake|Flato placed 1st in Architect Magazine’s 2019 Top 50 — an annual ranking of the best U.S. firms— and was named one of the Ten Most Innovative Architecture Firms in the World by Fast Company.
Their work is...a public statement of private values that nurture within the firm a culture of excellence whose traits are an enlightened stewardship of site confirmed by a reverent approach to the land, and respect for tradition.
Former President, American Institute of Architects