Lake Flato Architects

HiFAB Unveils Modular Home Factory in Grand Prairie as Sales Kick Off For Affordable Units

By April Towery / July 11, 2023 /

Affordable housing just got a little more accessible in Grand Prairie — or really anywhere a plot of land is available.  HiFAB hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday morning at its modular home factory, featuring turnkey homes designed by award-winning Texas architecture firm Lake | Flato.  HiFAB builds single-family modular homes and aims to produce high-design…

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Lake | Flato Teams Up with Oaxaca Interests to Create Environmentally Friendly Modular Homes

By April Towery / September 26, 2022 /

It’s beginning to look a lot like efficiency and affordability are trending in the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market.  As tiny homes and accessory dwelling units are gaining in popularity, environmentally-friendly modular homes also are entering the scene and making a not-so-tiny splash.  Architecture firm Lake | Flato teamed up with developer Oaxaca Interests to…

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Frank Welch Honored with Inaugural Memorial Lecture by Architect Ted Flato

By Leah Shafer / January 18, 2018 /

Known as the dean of Texas architecture, Frank Welch was a prolific and imminently talented architect who spent a half century designing schools, churches, commercial buildings, and homes in Dallas, Midland, and Odessa.  Welch died last June at the age of 90 and the Dallas Architecture Forum has established the Frank Welch Memorial Lecture to be…

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Millennial Interest In Socially Responsibe, Sustainable Design Topic of Next DAF Panel

By Leah Shafer / February 2, 2016 /

Millennials are a generation 68 million strong in the United States, and their interest in socially responsible and sustainable design and architecture is huge. The next Dallas Architecture Forum event is a panel discussion called The Social Initiative, focusing on this group of Americans born between 1981 and 1996. Moderated by Bob Harris, this panel will look…

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Fort Worth AIA Gives Nine Design Awards for 2015 at Museum of Modern Art Event

By Leah Shafer / November 6, 2015 /

North Texas’ top architects gathered recently at the Modern Museum of Fort Worth as the American Institute of Architects’ local chapter gave nine prestigious design awards. Projects included a college, a nonprofit theater, and private homes. Top Honor Awards went to architects Greg Ibañez, Tommy Stewart, and Norman Ward. Four Merit Awards were given out, three of which went to VLK…

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