[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 175 (Monday, December 8, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TEXAS FIRM WINS TOP AWARD

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                          HON. LAMAR S. SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 8, 2003

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, an architecture firm in my hometown 
of San Antonio recently received well-deserved national recognition. 
Lake/Flato Architects Inc. won the 2004 American Institute of 
Architects Architecture Firm Award, the highest honor given in its 
category.
  The annual award goes to a firm that consistently has produced 
distinguished architecture for at least 10 years. Founded in 1984 by 
David Lake and Ted Flato, the firm today employees forty-four talented 
people, including six partners.
  At its best, architecture warms the heart, uplifts the spirit, and 
engages the mind. It inspires us, even if we don't know all the reasons 
why.
  That Lake/Flato would be singled out by the AIA is no surprise. The 
firm already has picked up more than 90 regional and national 
architecture awards, including honorable mention awards from the AIA in 
1992, 1997 and 1999. And it has inspired thousands of individuals 
throughout the United States with its eye-catching designs.
  This is only the second time that a Texas architecture firm has 
garnered the top prize from the AIA.

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