Projects — Lake Flato
A mass timber and glass atrium by Lake Flato Architects, exemplifying high-transparency public interiors with exposed structural timber and diagonal bracing.
- What we like about this project
- Heavy diagonal steel braces cut cleanly through the plane of the multi-story glass curtain wall.
Materials
- glulam
- timber
- glass
- steel
- upholstered-fabric
Visual identifiers
- mass-timber
- diagonal-bracing
- double-height-atrium
- slatted-ceiling
Style tags
- contemporary
- mass-timber
- regionalist
- transparent
Visual tags
- mass-timber
- daylit
- atrium
- civic-interior
- curtain-wall
- Geometry
- Multi-story volume defined by exposed glulam beams, diagonal steel braces, and a floor-to-ceiling curtain wall framing street views.
- Facade system
- Full-height glazed curtain wall integrated with structural steel framing and diagonal braces.
- Structural guess
- Heavy timber frame with supplementary steel diagonal bracing and concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive double-height volume providing a generous, human-scaled civic gathering hall.
- Lighting
- Abundant natural daylight floods through the east-facing multistory curtain wall, supplemented by modern suspended ring fixtures.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, luminous, and connected directly to the outdoor public realm.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape visible through extensive structural glazing, showing neighboring masonry architecture and street life.
- Spatial experience
- A bright, porous public foyer that bridges interior lounge zones with the surrounding urban landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal timber slats alternate with vertical mullions and structural diagonals to create a layered textural screen.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist mass timber interior
- Program
- University student center or civic public foyer
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glulam, timber, glass, steel, upholstered-fabric
- Visual identifiers
- mass-timber, diagonal-bracing, double-height-atrium, slatted-ceiling
- Style tags
- contemporary, mass-timber, regionalist, transparent
- Visual tags
- mass-timber, daylit, atrium, civic-interior, curtain-wall
- Geometry
- Multi-story volume defined by exposed glulam beams, diagonal steel braces, and a floor-to-ceiling curtain wall framing street views.
- Facade system
- Full-height glazed curtain wall integrated with structural steel framing and diagonal braces.
- Structural guess
- Heavy timber frame with supplementary steel diagonal bracing and concrete floor slabs.
- Spatial scale
- Expansive double-height volume providing a generous, human-scaled civic gathering hall.
- Lighting
- Abundant natural daylight floods through the east-facing multistory curtain wall, supplemented by modern suspended ring fixtures.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, luminous, and connected directly to the outdoor public realm.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape visible through extensive structural glazing, showing neighboring masonry architecture and street life.
- Spatial experience
- A bright, porous public foyer that bridges interior lounge zones with the surrounding urban landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal timber slats alternate with vertical mullions and structural diagonals to create a layered textural screen.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist mass timber interior
- Program
- University student center or civic public foyer
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture