For Immediate Release: January 19, 2010
Media Contacts: Johanna Weber

Spotlight on Design: Lake|Flato Architects - Media Advisory

WHO / WHAT
Ted Flato, FAIA, one of the founding principals at Lake|Flato Architects, will discuss the firm’s recent work, which evolves from an appreciation for the pragmatic solutions of vernacular architecture, the honesty of modernism, and the context of our rich and varied landscape during a Spotlight on Design lecture. By employing sustainable strategies to a wide variety of building types and scales, they seek to conserve energy and natural resources while creating healthy built environments.

The modern vernacular buildings of San Antonio based Lake|Flato Architects combine ingenuity and craftsmanship with new technologies and have gained national recognition for “architecture that is rooted to its place and successfully merges with the landscape.” As a result, Lake|Flato was honored as the American Institute of Architects’ Firm of the Year in 2004, and received a Texas Medal of Arts in 2009, only a few of their many awards.

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, including Tadao Ando, James Corner, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, I.M. Pei, Glenn Murcutt, and Cesar Pelli.

WHERE
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001 (Judiciary Square Metro, Red Line)

WHEN
Tuesday, February 2 / 6:30 – 8:00 pm
$12 Museum members & Students with valid ID; $20 Non-member. Prepaid registration required. Walk-in registration based on availability.

CONTACT
Johanna Weber, jweber@nbm.org, 202.272.2448, ext. 2458.

SPONSOR
Spotlight on Design is sponsored by Lafarge, the world leader in construction materials, with additional support from the American Institute of Architects. Spotlight on Design is sponsored by Lafarge, the world leader in construction materials, with additional support from the American Institute of Architects.

The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction, and planning. Chartered by Congress in 1980 and open to the public since 1985, the Museum has become a vital forum for exchanging ideas and information about the built environment through its exhibitions, education programs, and publications. The Museum is located at 401 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. Museum hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm. Admission is free. Museum Shop. Café. Public inquiries: 202.272.2448 or visit www.www.nbm.org.