This innovative, award-winning Texas firm founded by David Lake and Ted Flato crafts modern vernacular residences that celebrate relaxed refinement. Design Philosophy: “Architecture that responds to the natural environment.” Places of Inspiration: The Alhambra, Katsura Imperial Villa, Marrakech. Dying to Visit: Japan’s Benesse Art Site Naoshima for “its symbiosis between culture, place, and landscape.” Up Next: An upstate New York home and a net-zero desert house near Las Vegas. San Antonio; lakeflatoom