David Lake is an American architect and principal in the Texas firm of Lake|Flato with Ted Flato.
in Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976 where he was a student of Pliny Fisk III.
His early work was in sustainable design, building modern versions of sod houses in the Texas panhandle.
He began his career at Ford Powell & Carson in San Antonio, Texas.
[1] His work continues to be noted for attention to sustainability.