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 (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. His work continues to be noted for attention to sustainability.