David Lake is an American architect and principal in the Texas firm of Lake|Flato with Ted Flato.
Lake grew up in Texas and received his B.S. 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.[2]