Welcome to Orange
Nestled in the southeast corner of Texas, Orange is the premier cultural destination of the South. It offers the best in small town charm and world-class culture, ensuring an unforgettable experience for residents and visitors alike.
Mailing AddressCity of Orange, Texas
Mailing AddressCity of Orange, Texas
Hi Everybody! Road Trip Tonight!
Friday Night Special: One of our friends of the Blog suggested our group might enjoy a trip to Shangri-La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center on Adams Bayou in Orange, Texas. We will see one man's vision of Shangri-La.
H. J. Lutcher Stark purchased 250+ acres over 60 years ago and began his gardens. (You will see the details in the articles below). Briefly, he constructed his dream gardens and opened his Shangri-La to the public to share the beauty and wonder of Nature.
In the late 1950s, a severe freeze killed the gardens and it was closed to the public. Mr H. J. Lutcher Stark died, but had set up the Stark Foundation to manage the properties. In 2005 a major renovation of the grounds began with meeting Ted Flato and David Lake, principal architects in Texas. Let's go see what happened!
I have a Superbus to take us to Orange, Texas! When You are ready to begin the road trip, Just Push Play> Enjoy!
Next, you will see 2 videos. The first one is the song and music of Shangri-la by Johnny Mathis. The second is a slide show of the Shangri-La Experience. I suggest you start them both at the same time so you will have music for part of the silent slide show!! Enjoy!
Just Push Play>
Just Push Play>
That was fun! Now we will see some information and facts about Shangri-la Botanical Gardens and Nature Center:
http://www.shangrilagardens.org/About-Shangri-La.aspx
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
For more information visit www.shangrilagardens.org
Throughout history, the term “Shangri La” has represented a place of beauty, peace and enlightenment. In Orange, Texas, a modern Shangri La has been recreated with the best of both nature and gardens.
Nestled within 252 acres in the heart of Orange, Texas, Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center is a program of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, a private foundation whose mission is to improve and enrich the quality of life in Southeast Texas and encourage and assist education, the arts, and health and human services. The unique ecosystem of Shangri La presents an ideal opportunity to further that mission as well as carry on the vision of H.J Lutcher Stark, the man who originally developed the gardens more than 60 years ago.
The formal Botanical Gardens contain more than 300 plant species in five formal "rooms” as well as four sculpture “rooms.” The Nature Center includes Adams Bayou boat excursions to educational outposts, a 15-acre beaver pond, a state-of-the-art bird blind, a bat house, thousands of nesting birds in Ruby Lake, and more up-close encounters with nature. The combination of gardens and nature at Shangri La presents a serene oasis for retreat and renewal, as well as the opportunity to explore, discover and learn.
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center is the first project in Texas and the 50th project in the world to earn the U.S. Green Building Council’s Platinum Certification for LEED®-NC, which verifies that the design and construction of Shangri La reached the highest green building and performance measures. Shangri La offers a glimpse of how people can live in harmony with nature, as it strives in its mission to Mentor Children of All Ages to Be Kind to Their World.
I found this old (short) video from 1952 of Shangi-la with H J Lutcher Stark and Grandchildren!
Just Push Play>
Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation
For more information visit www.starkfoundation.org
The Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation was established as a non-profit corporation in 1961 by H.J. Lutcher Stark and his wife, Nelda C. Stark, to be operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Through its directors and officers, the Stark Foundation carries on the philanthropic legacy of Nelda and Lutcher Stark.
The mission of the Stark Foundation is to improve the quality of life in Southeast Texas by encouraging, promoting and assisting education, the arts, and health and human services. The Foundation carries out this mandate, in part, through the programs of the Stark Museum of Art, theW.H. Stark House, the Frances Ann Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts, and Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center. These venues afford the Southeast Texas community and region a rich resource for study and enjoyment of the arts, history and nature.
The Foundation also seeks to encourage and assist education through grants and through the scholarship program of the Miriam Lutcher Stark Reading and Declamation Contest. In addition, the Foundation strives to achieve the intent of its founders through grants to organizations seeking to improve area health care and to local organizations with a focus on special community and social needs.
For more information visit www.starkfoundation.org.
http://www.shangrilagardens.org/The-Stark-Foundation/The-WH-Stark-House.aspx
For more information visit www.starkfoundation.org.
The W.H. Stark House
For more information, visit www.whstarkhouse.org
The W.H. Stark House is a Victorian landmark in Orange, Texas, which has been restored to its original splendor.
The 14,000 square-foot home was completed in 1894 in Orange, Texas by William Henry Stark and his wife, Miriam M. Lutcher Stark, prominent philanthropists who occupied the home until 1936. Designed in the Queen Anne architectural style, the house features a distinctive turret, stained glass windows, and ornate woodwork in cypress and long leaf yellow pine.
Today, the three-story structure stands much as it did at the turn of the 20thcentury, with fifteen rooms of original family furnishings, personal effects and decorative arts, including antique rugs, original textiles, silver, cut glass and antique porcelain. Also featured are the Stark family’s impressive collections of American Brilliant Period cut glass, pressed and pattern glass, milk glass, porcelains, and other 18th and 19th century decorative accessories. The interior of both the W.H. Stark House and its adjacent Carriage House depicts the home life of the Starks in the early 1900s and provides an extraordinary statement of Texas’ social history.
The W.H. Stark House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a Record Texas Historic Landmark by the Texas Historical Commission. It is operated as a program of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, a private foundation established in 1961 by H.J. Lutcher Stark, the only surviving child of Miriam M. and W.H. Stark.
http://www.starkfoundation.org/
A slide show about the Gardens. Just Push Play>
Feature Presentation:
SALVAGING-SHANGRI-LA
http://www.wearedesignbureau.com/projects/salvaging-shangri-la/
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, 2011
by Sarah Cason
photos by Paul Hester
When philanthropist H. J. Lutcher Stark purchased 300 acres of land on the Adams Bayou in Orange, Texas, in the 1940s, he created his own personal paradise, complete with a man-made lake, walking paths and hundreds of plants. The somewhat anti-social Stark eventually opened his creation to the public, but in 1958, a devastating freeze the gardens at the park and prompted Shangri La to close its doors for good.
Fast forward to 2005—principal architects David Lake andTed Flato were taken on a boat ride through the swamplands of Shangri La by the Lutcher Stark Foundation, which still owns the park. The group was on a mission to restore the gardens and wetlands to their former glory, and they wanted Lake and Flato to make it happen. The architects were intrigued. “The buildings and grounds reflect the heroic mission of Shangri La by demonstrating how man can work in harmony with nature,” Flato says of the once-utopian gardens. “People can go away with some ideas that they can incorporate into their own projects. It’s using as little energy as possible to create the buildings.”
The foundation wanted Lake/Flato to create a visitor’s center and classrooms to educate and immerse the guests into nature. Given the delicate environment, Flato had to carefully plan the best way to sustainably connect the new buildings to nature without impacting the surrounding wetlands. “We help our clients understand the necessity and attainability of a sustainable approach to planning and design,” Flato says. “A big part of sustainable thinking is using what’s around you and not importing materials from far away.”
Lake/Flato created a nature center and botanical gardens, and used recycled plastic decking to build minimal-impact boardwalks to link the classrooms. Educational centers span across the different ecosystems, including grasslands and swamplands. And the team cleaned up the formerly polluted lake with the addition of new plant life.
Lake/Flato’s efforts have been rewarded with LEED-Platinum certification. Now, the once-abandoned garden serves as a place where nature-lovers can walk amongst the wetlands or spy on the birds whose livelihood is ensured for years to come.
Tagged with: David Lake • H. J. Lutcher Stark • Lake Flato• Shangri La • Ted Flato
Photostudy by: Paul Hester:
An open-air greenhouse with steel handlebars along the walkways was designed to become overgrown with vines
Rainwater falls in a series of rivulets that cascade down the grounds
In keeping with the lush living of its namesake, Lake/Flato and Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects worked to ensure that “nature is slowly taking over the buildings.”
Ornamental gardens with cleansing pools greet visitors at the door
The World of Lake Flato Architects
(From their website: http://www.lakeflato.com/)
Vision
http://www.lakeflato.com/vision/
Established in 1984, Lake|Flato has gained national recognition for architecture that is rooted to its place, responds to the natural environment and merges with the landscape. With a palette of regional materials, we create buildings that are tactile and modern, environmentally responsible and authentic, artful and crafted. As stewards of the natural environment and our client's resources, we shape every project with empirical environmental knowledge and energy modeling resulting in sustainable strategies that artfully respond to each site's unique context.
In 2004, the American Institute of Architects awarded Lake|Flato the prestigious Firm Award - the highest honor an American architecture firm can receive.
Lake|Flato's diverse project types reflect the particular places where they are constructed.
In 2004, the American Institute of Architects awarded Lake|Flato the prestigious Firm Award - the highest honor an American architecture firm can receive.
Lake|Flato's diverse project types reflect the particular places where they are constructed.
Sustainability
http://www.lakeflato.com/sustainability/
Sustainability, a term originating in the ecological sciences, describes ecosystems that thrive in a dynamic balance particular to their place. Each element of a sustainable system balances itself against other aligned and competing elements to create a unique fit within its natural context. Lake|Flato believes that good design requires us to seek this same balance within our own work. Design and sustainability cannot be teased apart. Each design must find its particular fit relative to intended use, cultural context and the natural environment.
For over 25 years, Lake|Flato has employed practical and thoughtful sustainable strategies that conserve resources, engage nature and promote healthful living. Simply defined, sustainable design is smart design that looks beyond the building and considers the larger context. We strive to create restorative environments that enhance our understanding and relationship to the natural world.
Our process is collaborative and integrates knowledge from a wide range of sustainable expertise. It requires that we look to art, science and nature … to listen and learn. We benchmark building energy performance from early-stage modeling through completion to verify the efficacy of our designs and strategies. This data allows us to measure our progress towards our goal of carbon neutral design by the year 2030, in fulfillment of our commitment to The 2030 Challenge.
For over 25 years, Lake|Flato has employed practical and thoughtful sustainable strategies that conserve resources, engage nature and promote healthful living. Simply defined, sustainable design is smart design that looks beyond the building and considers the larger context. We strive to create restorative environments that enhance our understanding and relationship to the natural world.
Our process is collaborative and integrates knowledge from a wide range of sustainable expertise. It requires that we look to art, science and nature … to listen and learn. We benchmark building energy performance from early-stage modeling through completion to verify the efficacy of our designs and strategies. This data allows us to measure our progress towards our goal of carbon neutral design by the year 2030, in fulfillment of our commitment to The 2030 Challenge.
“Their work demonstrates that beauty and sustainability are not mutually exclusive and that our future depends upon our rediscovering how we once built and what we once valued: humility and honesty, respect and restraint.”
Thomas Fisher
Educator and Author
University of Minnesota
Educator and Author
University of Minnesota
http://www.lakeflato.com/studio/
Studio
Lake|Flato fosters a collaborative open studio environment that leverages each person’s passion and unique talents to develop common ownership of award winning design. FlakeNet, our office intranet wiki, helps connect the office community and disseminate technical, professional and personal information. Staff of all levels of experience share responsibility to strengthen the firm through work groups known as Beams. As architects, teachers, environmental stewards and community advocates, Lake|Flato seeks to foster the education of the next generation of architects.
The life of Lake|Flato extends beyond its walls with members riding together on The 3rd Street Grackles, our office bicycle team, or participating in weekly bowling or poker leagues. But the spirit of the firm is best exemplified by Flake|Lato Weekend. For over twenty five years, members of the firm and their families have gathered at Kickapoo Ranch in West Texas for a weekend of swimming, fishing, camping and mountain biking that celebrates our shared love of the outdoors and our unique community.
The life of Lake|Flato extends beyond its walls with members riding together on The 3rd Street Grackles, our office bicycle team, or participating in weekly bowling or poker leagues. But the spirit of the firm is best exemplified by Flake|Lato Weekend. For over twenty five years, members of the firm and their families have gathered at Kickapoo Ranch in West Texas for a weekend of swimming, fishing, camping and mountain biking that celebrates our shared love of the outdoors and our unique community.
http://www.lakeflato.com/studio/
http://www.lakeflato.com/process/
Process
Lake|Flato believes that the best ideas evolve from an engaging and collaborative design process with clients, consultants, and within our own firm. We create an environment that leverages each person's passions and unique perspectives to insure common ownership and innovative solutions.
We balance science and sustainability with art to create thoughtful and responsible buildings. As stewards of the natural environment and our client's resources, we shape every project with empirical environmental knowledge and energy modeling resulting in sustainable strategies that artfully respond to each site's unique character. Lake|Flato has also defined a process and the incremental steps to meet the long term energy reduction targets of the 2030 Challenge.
Our document and building process is as innovative and thorough as our design process. Our commitment to using BIM (Building Information Modeling) on all projects results in a seamless integration of energy modeling, sustainable systems, and construction detailing, and administration. This does not stop at the end of construction and is exemplified in our post construction reviews where we track building performance and energy usage well after the client has moved in.
We balance science and sustainability with art to create thoughtful and responsible buildings. As stewards of the natural environment and our client's resources, we shape every project with empirical environmental knowledge and energy modeling resulting in sustainable strategies that artfully respond to each site's unique character. Lake|Flato has also defined a process and the incremental steps to meet the long term energy reduction targets of the 2030 Challenge.
Our document and building process is as innovative and thorough as our design process. Our commitment to using BIM (Building Information Modeling) on all projects results in a seamless integration of energy modeling, sustainable systems, and construction detailing, and administration. This does not stop at the end of construction and is exemplified in our post construction reviews where we track building performance and energy usage well after the client has moved in.
“Their work demonstrates that beauty and sustainability are not mutually exclusive and that our future depends upon our rediscovering how we once built and what we once valued: humility and honesty, respect and restraint.”
Thomas Fisher
Educator and Author
University of Minnesota
Educator and Author
University of Minnesota
http://www.lakeflato.com/publications/
Shangri La Botanical Gardens & Nature Center - Orange, TX
Texas Architect : Jul/Aug 2008 "Lost and Found"
Texas Highways : May 2009 "Lay of the Landscape: Building a sense of place with sustainable park architecture"
http://www.lakeflato.com/
Shangri La Botanical Gardens & Nature Center
Orange, TX
Situated on Adams Bayou, this project preserves more than 250 acres of cypress/tupelo swamp and wooded uplands, in addition to restoring the historic Shangri La Gardens (begun by Lutcher Stark in 1937). A Visitor Center at the entrance orients guests to the site's history and resources. Nature education and research facilities include an outdoor education center, classroom pavilions, and bird viewing blinds, carefully situated within the preserve to provide hands-on learning opportunities. Achieved the first LEED Platinum certification for new construction along the Gulf Coast. Opened to public on March 11, 2008.
in collaboration with Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects and MESA
in collaboration with Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects and MESA
publications
2009 - Texas Highways (May)
2008 - Texas Architect (Jul/Aug)
awards
2009 - AIA Committee on the Environment, Top Ten Green Project
2008 - AIA San Antonio Design Award
2004 - American Society of Landscape Architects, Louisiana
2004 - American Society of Landscape Architects, Texas
Visitor Centers
Lake|Flato is a national leader in the master planning and design of Visitor Centers with over a dozen projects to our credit in locations throughout the country. Our design process starts with a comprehensive understanding of the environmental and cultural context, and employs sustainable strategies unique to each region and site. Through our designs, we seek to mend and enhance the land, to educate the public and foster a sense of connectedness between visitors and the natural environment. Visitor Centers designed by Lake|Flato have been awarded 3 National AIA COTE Top Ten Green Awards, a LEED NC Platinum certification and numerous AIA Design Awards.
“The guidance and leadership provided by Lake|Flato made what was considered an impossible task by many, something that was able to be accomplished with exemplary results.”
Michael Hoke, Managing Director
Shangril La Botanical Gardens
Shangril La Botanical Gardens
This concludes the phototour of Shangri-la
Some History from the website: http://www.lakeflato.com/
Design News Archives
April 2012
Broadway 1221 was honored with a City of San Antonio BEST Award at its annual awards luncheon last Friday. Todd Wascher was there to represent Lake|Flato along with our developer partner, associate architect, and HUD representatives. The BEST award is given by the SA Downtown Alliance. Broadway 1221 won for best residential project.
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March 21, 2012: Residential Architect
"Architects from around the globe submitted their best work from the past five years into the 2012 residential architect Design Awards. Our six judges spent two difficult days poring over the nearly 800 entries, in the end awarding 36 winning projects. Out of those 36 winners, one was chosen as the Project of the Year, only four were given Grand awards, and 31 received Merit awards."
Located on a ranch in Central Texas, the Miller family wanted to build an easily maintained weekend house for friends and family that would celebrate the outdoors. The rooms, a master bedroom connected to the living area via a "dog run" breezeway and separate guest bedrooms and carport, are arranged to take advantage of the expansive views while creating a protected courtyard within the compound. |
"San Antonio architect Ted Flato's bold, classically modern designs reveal deep roots in Texas...
I had been on the ground in San Antonio for maybe a day when I heard the story that Tommy Lee Jones had allegedly–allegedly–introduced his architect and fellow Texan Ted Flato with the sentence: “Ted Flato builds the best damn barns in the country…” |
December 2011: Architectural Digest
"Architecture and design are not static professions: Styles evolve, technologies advance, challenges propel. Driving this perpetual change in 2012 are the celebrated men and women of the new AD100...The following esteemed firms represent a fellowship of trailblazers and standard-bearers whose work is imaginative, intelligent, and inspiring."
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November 6, 2011: San Antonio Express-News
"The highest accolades given by the San Antonio chapter of the American Institute of Architects — the honor awards — went to Lake|Flato Architects and Overland Partners Architects.
The awards were presented at a dinner and ceremony at the Pearl Stable. Lake|Flato received honor awards for both the headquarters of the Livestrong Foundation, the Austin-based cancer charity founded by Lance Armstrong, and the Story Pool Pavilion in Center Point, a private residence." |
October 2011
We're happy to announce that Lake|Flato recently accepted three awards at this year's Builder's Choice Awards in Washington D.C., including 'Project of the Year' for Porch House. LC Ranch and Hacienda JaJa were Grand Award winners.
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12 of 257 entries were selected for the 2011 Texas Society of Architects Design Awards on May 20. Out of those 12 awards, L|F won 5 awards (listed below). Jurors were David Salmela, FAIA, Steve Dumez, FAIA, and James S. Russell, FAIA.
• Arizona State University Polytechnic Academic Building • Armstrong Oil & Gas Heaquarters • Brown Residence • Cutting Horse Ranch • Full Goods |
September 19, 2011: San Antonio Express-News
The terms “high-end home design” and “prefabrication” don't often go together, but Lake|Flato Architects is trying the mix with a modular house.
The San Antonio-based firm — better known for its modern residences and for snagging the American Institute of Architects' coveted Architecture Firm Award in 2004 — is launching a new subsidiary company, Lake|Flato Porch House, to offer factory-built homes certified under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. |
Hotel Havana Wins Best Hospitality Project
The San Antonio Business Journal has announced the winners of the 2011 Best in Commercial Real Estate Awards. Hotel Havana, located on the Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, has received the award for the 2011 Best Hospitality Project.
Hotel Havana has also been listed as one of the Top 50 New Hotels in 2011 by Travel and Leisure magazine and featured in the New York Times. |
May 5, 2011: San Antonio Express-News
Armstrong Oil & Gas and LIVESTRONG Foundation featured in the San Antonio Express-News. "Despite the challenges, reusing old buildings for new purposes, called adaptive reuse, is a hot trend in development and architecture for a number of reasons: It's green, it's urban and it's often affordable…"
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HemisView Village Apartments were selected as the winner of the 2011 Downtown's Best Awards for best residential multi- family project.
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March 31, 2011
Hotel San Jose and Hotel Havana have 'allure and spice' according to the New York Times. The article profiles client Liz Lambert who is given praise for her exceptional taste in design as well as her efforts at quirkier things like perfecting hand-chipped-iced margaritas.
This article describes Hotel San Jose as "a balance of brand and place that hoteliers dream of achieving" and lists Lake | Flato as a "celebrated hometown architecture firm." |
Armstrong Oil & Gas continues to win recognition, this time with a prestigious Honor Award from The American Institute of Architects for Interior Architecture.
"This adaptive re-use of an early-1900’s industrial machine shop with a rich and colorful history launches a new identity for an established local business in lower downtown Denver. Charged with bringing new life to an underutilized building, the design team planned the enclosed program around existing elements in place and created generous, sophisticated spaces filled with daylight, natural ventilation and views to the Denver skyline. Maintaining the existing shell and structure of the building eliminated tons of waste from local landfills while preserving a venerable building that contributes to the historic nature of its context." In collaboration with Bothwell Davis George Architects. |
November 30, 2010
Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Award Honors Lake|Flato
Lake|Flato Architects has been honored in the 2010 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards, which recognizes excellence, innovation and enhancement of our quality of life through design in a variety of fields. The San Antonio-based firm is best known for creating architecture that reflects the unique region, climate and culture in which each project is based, was named a finalist in the Architectural Design category.
“This year’s honorees reflect the design climate of the times,” said Bill Moggridge, Cooper-Hewitt Director. “We are in an era that demands public commitment and work that strives for change and the responsible use of resources. The public impact of the daily work of the nominees demonstrates the far-reaching effect of design innovation in every sector.” Founded in 1984 by David Lake, FAIA, and Ted Flato, FAIA, Lake|Flato’s architecture is tactile, modern and artfully crafted, as well as highly sustainable and energy efficient. “We are truly honored by this recognition,” said David Lake. “It’s particularly meaningful for us because we embrace authenticity and sustainability in everything we do as a firm.” Adds Ted Flato, “We are very fortunate to have such an outstanding team of architects that have contributed to making the firm what it is today.” |
Lake|Flato Architects was honored with 4 awards at this year’s AIA San Antonio Design Awards banquet. LC Ranch and Cutting Horse Ranch were awarded the highest accolades- the Honor Award. The Brown Residence was honored with a Merit Award, and the Miller Porch House was awarded a Citation Award.
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October 19, 2010
Main Plaza recognized as one of "America's Great Public Spaces"
The American Planning Association recognized San Antonio's newly renovated Main Plaza as one of the “Great Public Spaces in the United States.” In two separate efforts, Lake|Flato collaborated with SWA Group to redesign the historic Main Plaza and the adjacent Portal San Fernando. The renovated spaces create lively pedestrian orientated public space that connects San Antonio’s historic San Fernando Cathedral, County Courthouse and City Hall to the San Antonio River. “The American Planning Association’s flagship program celebrates places of exemplary character, quality, and planning.” The ten public spaces recognized embody a “true sense of place, cultural and historical interest, community involvement, and a vision for tomorrow.”
Five new interactive fountains are located in the center of the Plaza, helping create a serene and cool atmosphere — and a fun place for kids to play. Small vignettes of San Antonio's history are scattered throughout the plaza in 30 artistic pavers, each telling a historically accurate story about the plaza through quotes and drawings. The redesign closed two north-south streets allowing the pedestrian park space to connect to the adjacent historic buildings while also preserving important east-west vehicular traffic. |
Former Mayor Phil Hardberger remarked: "The plaza is truly the heart of our city. This restoration will transform what had become an afterthought in the middle of a busy city into a peaceful, relaxing oasis where today's generations can pay tribute to our past."
Armstrong Oil & Gas is featured on Architectural Record's web site.
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December 22, 2009
Ted Flato - Spotlight on Design
The modern vernacular buildings of Lake|Flato Architects combine ingenuity and craftmanship with new technologies. Hear our very own Mr. Flato share the firm's work and design philosophy at this year's (okay 2010's) Spotlight on Design on February 2 in DC. Spotlight on Design is an ongoing lecture series featuring architects and designers of distinction from around the world. Since its inception in 1997, the series has presented many of the world's premier design voices in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and design. Past Speakers include Pritzker Prize Laureates Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, and Rem Koolhaas; American Institute of Architects' Gold Medalists Antoine Predock, Santiago Calatrava, and Frank Gehry; and the American Society of Landscape Architects' Medal recipients Richard Haag and Joseph E. Brown.
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Lake|Flato Architects picked up two Honor Awards, the highest given by AIA San Antonio, for the company’s design of Armstrong Oil & Gas’ offices in Denver and for the University Polytechnic Campus at Arizona State University in Mesa, AZ. Lake|Flato swept the Merit Awards with the Pearl Brewery’s Full Goods Building and Il Sogno restaurant, as well as the Wyatt Retreat.
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September 17, 2009: San Antonio Business Journal
The City of San Antonio was awarded an International Dowtown Association's Award of Distinction for Main Plaza. The heart of the City Redevelopment Project recieved the association's award in the Public Spaces category out of 77 award submissions.
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May 4, 2009
Francis Parker School/ASU Polytechnic Win National Design Awards
Lake|Flato projects have been presented with two national education design awards at the AIA Convention: AIA CAE Educational Facility Awards for Francis Parker School and Arizona State University Polytechnic. Congratulations to all those who worked on these projects.
April 21, 2009
Pearl: Downtown's Best
Best Adaptive Use – Full Goods Building at the Historic Pearl Brewery
Formally known as the “Full Goods Warehouse Building,” this addition to the original structure helped serve to consolidate all shipments out of the brewery. Now a 67,000-sqaure-foot mixed-use office, retail, restaurant and residential complex, with a multitude of inhabitants, the projects boasts an urban aesthetic that compliments the nourishing environment. As a “learning laboratory” for energy efficiency and environmental stewardship, the Full Goods Building is a component of the Pearl’s commitment to adaptive reuse and authentic re-purpose and organically inspires abundant opportunities to learn, discover and contribute.
Best Public-Private Partnership – Private – Solar Panel Installation at the Historic Pearl Brewery
As a public/private partnership between CPS Energy and Pearl Brewery owner Silver Ventures, this solar panel installation atop the Full Goods building has established San Antonio as a leader in solar energy generation in Texas. The $1.35 million project, funded with $950,000 from Silver Ventures and $400,000 from CPS Energy, now generates approximately one quarter of the building’s energy needs. The project aims to educate and demonstrate how to best make a solar energy program work in an economically viable way.
Best Construction Restoration – Smokestack at the Historic Pearl Brewery
Best New Retail – Melissa Guerra Culinary Store at the Historic Pearl Brewery
Formally known as the “Full Goods Warehouse Building,” this addition to the original structure helped serve to consolidate all shipments out of the brewery. Now a 67,000-sqaure-foot mixed-use office, retail, restaurant and residential complex, with a multitude of inhabitants, the projects boasts an urban aesthetic that compliments the nourishing environment. As a “learning laboratory” for energy efficiency and environmental stewardship, the Full Goods Building is a component of the Pearl’s commitment to adaptive reuse and authentic re-purpose and organically inspires abundant opportunities to learn, discover and contribute.
Best Public-Private Partnership – Private – Solar Panel Installation at the Historic Pearl Brewery
As a public/private partnership between CPS Energy and Pearl Brewery owner Silver Ventures, this solar panel installation atop the Full Goods building has established San Antonio as a leader in solar energy generation in Texas. The $1.35 million project, funded with $950,000 from Silver Ventures and $400,000 from CPS Energy, now generates approximately one quarter of the building’s energy needs. The project aims to educate and demonstrate how to best make a solar energy program work in an economically viable way.
Best Construction Restoration – Smokestack at the Historic Pearl Brewery
Best New Retail – Melissa Guerra Culinary Store at the Historic Pearl Brewery
April 17, 2009: LiveStrong.org
Check out the "Our Home" page in the "About Us" section of the Lance Armstrong Foundation's web site. See photos, learn why they moved where they moved, get information about the environmental friendliness of their new building, and more. There's even a shout out for the architects! (Guess who?)
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April 13, 2009
Top Ten Green 2009: Shangri La
For those that are keeping count, this is Lake|Flato's FOURTH Top Ten Green project in three years! The World Birding Center and School of Nursing won in 2006, followed by Government Canyon in 2007.
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February 2009: Texas Monthly
The 10 Best Buildings in Texas
From theMarch issue of Texas Monthly..."A tour of our greatest architectural masterpieces -- from the Alamo to the World Birding Center..." by Michael Ennis
#10 World Birding Center "...sustainability is rapidly becoming to this century what functionalism was to the last...the best designs of this century will be machines that use far less energy and fewer resources. The World Birding Center completes a circle for Texas architecture, proving that looking back doesn't preclude moving forward with creative panache."
#10 World Birding Center "...sustainability is rapidly becoming to this century what functionalism was to the last...the best designs of this century will be machines that use far less energy and fewer resources. The World Birding Center completes a circle for Texas architecture, proving that looking back doesn't preclude moving forward with creative panache."
This concludes our road trip to Shangri-La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center. These gardens were just raw land, molded and shaped by H. J. Lutcher Stark's dreams of preserving Nature and sharing with the community. With time they returned to the wild.
Once again the dreams were ignited by the Foundation who had the good fortune of choosing men of vision to go beyond even Stark's dream to design and create a perfect Space: a true Shangri-La.
It is my hope that You will be inspired to look at your own space where you live. The more we see people living and building in harmony with Nature, the more we will care for our Earth. It is a learned behavior.
For those of You interested in the concepts of Sustainable Architecture in Nature, here is a fantastic lecture from Ted Flato:
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....this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.
See You next time!
Of course, one more great performance, A Zen Garden Experience:
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