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A full-circle moment for @lakeflato . . .
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Sep 2

A full-circle moment for @lakeflato . . .
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La Barroneña, located on a gentle ridge amid the wild brush and mesquite of South Texas, was the first house Ted Flato completed as he set out to establish his practice in 1985. Designed almost like a tent, the home’s screened-in living areas, open porches and breezeways were created to keep the Lasater family closely connected to the land and responsive to the region’s climate.
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Forty years later, Lake Flato returned to renovate the house following its transition to the next generation of the family. The renovation honors the integrity of the original design while refining essential spaces—modernizing the kitchen and baths and elevating the overall comfort of the interiors. Importantly, the home's guiding principles of outdoor living remain unchanged.
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The house's essential ideas—rooted in landscape, material honesty, and climatic responsiveness—would go on to shape the ethos of Lake Flato. That the renovation, forty years later, preserves the home's fundamental spirit while enhancing its interiors feels both fitting and symbolic—an evolution rather than a reinvention, which allows the next generation of the Lasater family to make the place fully their own.
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Read more about La Barroneña in @wallpapermag. Thanks to @adrian_madlener for this thoughtful article.
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📸 @caseycdunn

"The studio treated the residences’ lobby ...

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Sep 2

"The studio treated the residences’ lobby not as a grand gesture but as a moment of pause, a conscious escape from Broadway’s kinetic energy defined by pared-back forms and richly layered materiality," writes John Wogan for Distinct Magazine, about @post_company's approach to Pendry Residences Nashville (@pendryhotels). "That tension between restraint and warmth became the project’s governing logic, according to Jou-Yie Chou, Post Company's co-founder and partner."
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Link in bio to read the full article.

As wildfire smoke and poor air quality become more...

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Aug 5

As wildfire smoke and poor air quality become more common, building performance is increasingly a public health issue.
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An op-ed by Themis Haralabides, founder of @rebuildworkshop, in @archpaper explains how Passive House principles and high-performance building envelopes can help create healthier, more resilient indoor environments when the air outside is unsafe.
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Read more at the link in bio. 🌱
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📸 @tycole

Joining agave bar @cocteleriamixteca and the first...

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Jul 31

Joining agave bar @cocteleriamixteca and the first New York City outpost of L.A. taqueria @tacos1986la, the subterranean cocktail bar Kees (@seekkeesnyc) now completes One Cornelia, the multi-concept West Village hospitality hot spot. Jeff Bell, owner of the pioneering hidden cocktail bar Please Don’t Tell (@pdtnyc), helms Kees, which draws its moniker from the Dutch nickname for Cornelius (a nod to its location and Bell’s ancestry). Post Company—the visionary multidisciplinary design studio behind Raf’s, Fedora, INNESS, MOLLIE, and more—not only designed Kees, but One Cornelia’s other two concepts, as well.
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An understated glamour, informed by New York City’s historic hotel bars and infused with “luxurious going out energy,” according to Bell, dresses the space. “For me, the truly special aspect of Kees is its sense of intimacy and surprise,” Jou-Yie Chou, a founding partner of @post_company, tells @surfacemag. “The concept itself—a destination cocktail bar tucked beneath a street-corner mezcalería and taco stand—is delightfully theatrical, while also serving as a subtle nod to the relationship to Please Don’t Tell.”
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Thanks to @daveybarrett for this beautiful piece in @surfacemag. Link in bio.
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📸 @johnny_miller_

A new cultural destination has arrived in ...

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Jul 14

A new cultural destination has arrived in Haverhill, MA.

The new Historic New England Center is the first major public gateway to @historicnewengland’s extraordinary collections and a significant new cultural destination for the Greater Boston area. Located within a historic former shoe manufacturing complex adjacent to Haverhill’s Amtrak and commuter rail stations, the Center introduces visitors to the largest collection of New England artifacts in the world, and serves as an entry point to Historic New England’s 38 exceptional museums across the region.
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Occupying the ground floor of the historic Burgess Building, one of two historic factory buildings that helped establish Haverhill as the "Queen Slipper City," the Center marks the first public phase of Historic New England's broader vision for a vibrant cultural district centered on preservation, exhibitions, partnerships, and community engagement. The adaptive reuse of the Burgess and Lang Buildings reactivates a significant industrial landmark while supporting the ongoing revitalization of downtown Haverhill.
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Opening the Center is "Shoe Stories: Past, Present, Future," an exhibition exploring the history and future of shoemaking in America, with a particular focus on New England and the pivotal role Haverhill once played in the global shoe industry. The exhibition spans more than two centuries of footwear design, from 18th-century shoes made by Boston cordwainer Winthrop Gray to contemporary sneakers produced by JEMS, the first Black-owned sneaker factory in the country. One highlight is the work of internationally acclaimed designer Stuart Weitzman, who began his career in Haverhill at Historic New England’s Lang Building, where he worked on his father’s shoe line, Mr. Seymour Shoes.
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The Center is designed not only as a destination, but as a gateway to Historic New England’s broader work across the region and as a model for how preservation can contribute to community life.
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📸 @boldheartmedia, Neil Dixon

Set amid the tallest peaks of New York's ...

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Jul 12

Set amid the tallest peaks of New York's Adirondack Mountains, High Peaks House occupies a landscape that helped shape America's conservation movement. Originally built in the 1890s as a retreat for a New York City attorney, the home has welcomed generations of family and friends for more than 130 years.
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For its transformation, @post_company looked beyond the familiar language of Adirondack lodges and grand "Great Camps." Instead, the design embraces the quiet character of the original house in order to create a contemporary retreat rooted in simplicity, warmth, and the enduring spirit of the region.
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Natural materials—including walnut, reclaimed brick, linen, wool, and rattan—pair with vintage furnishings sourced throughout the Northeast to create interiors that feel both timeless and deeply connected to place. A restrained palette of earthy tones allows the surrounding landscape to remain the focal point, while thoughtful detailing honors the home's history without resorting to nostalgia.
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The result is a house that feels at once elegant, understated, and enduring—a modern retreat that celebrates the Adirondacks not through style, but through a profound respect for its landscape, history, and spirit.
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Thanks @fred_a_berstein for this beautiful feature in @1stdibs! Link in bio to read more.
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📸 @chrismottalini

The @ellisbeauregardfoundation in Rockland, Maine ...

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Jul 7

The @ellisbeauregardfoundation in Rockland, Maine has been the art world’s best-kept secret—until now.
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On June 27, the foundation celebrated the opening of its new, purpose-built campus. Designed by @matthewbairdarchitects, it accommodates the Foundation’s growing residency, which had previously been housed in a repurposed school building. Now, the linear building provides live-work studios for four artists as well as community living spaces, while an L-shaped building serves as a flexible performance and exhibition space.
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“We really wanted a place where artists feel honoured and safe, like they’re valued and not value-added,” founding executive director Donna McNeil told CULTURED.
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Thanks to @ebkinsella for this article in @cultured_mag, online now. Link in bio 🔗
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📸 @dylan.hausthor

Designed by @lakeflato, Arthouse makes public a ...

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Jun 22

Designed by @lakeflato, Arthouse makes public a significant contemporary art collection to the heart of Marble Falls, Texas. The new gallery is sensitive to its small-town context and uses local materials, filtered light, and a carefully considered landscape to create a quiet setting for art.
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Thanks to @sjlubell and @anna_fixsen for this article in @wallpapermag (link in bio).
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📸 @andreacalo

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