Lake/Flato (Contemporary World Architects)

By Oscar Riera Ojeda

Book Overview

Presenting their new and recent projects, LakeFlato Architects demonstrate the inexhaustible potential of the modern house to enter into a dialogue with nature. LakeFlato Architects, based in San... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564962334
• ISBN13: 9781564962331
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers
• Length: 121 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Book

Book with beautiful pictures of homes and public spaces by the architects Lake/Flato.

Love it!

The pictures, layout, descriptions and forward (by Glenn Murcutt) are all fantastic, I love this firm! Great book

Lake Flato: Buildings and Landscapes

Great book for every architect that likes contemporary architecture that is warm, inviting, and sensitive to the site

Venecular Architecture and the 2004 AIA Firm of the Year

This book chronicles the work of the 2004 AIA Firm of the Year. It displays some the best work of a firm that has won numerous awards for a body of outstanding work that include some of the best examples of venecular architecture built in recent years. The forward by Pritzker Price Laureate Glenn Murcutt explains the reason this firm's work is so relevant. The introduction by Thomas Fisher provides insight into work that stands out for its clarity of meaning and use of sustainable materials. The photography and layout are equal to the high quality of the projects presented. Overall an outstanding book that is well written and photographed, capturing the work of an outstanding architectural fitm that has a lot to teach any practicing or even interested in architecture.

Creative Regionalism

From Texas to Florida to Australia! What do they have in commo? Regional architecture based upon site and climate. Lake-Flato do beautiful, regional architecture and this book documents their work in a clear and deliberate manner with many photos. Two wishes. One, floor plans and site plans to help us see how the elements relate to both. Two, a second volume documenting their more recent work. If you like contemporary casual with metal roofs, concrete, stone and wood and a relation of indoor to outdoors buy this book. You will enjoy it!