Lake|Flato Architects have done a lot of really neat projects. But as I was looking through some of their features projects, I noticed they have done quite a bit of ranches. One of the many ranches that stood out to me the most, was the Verde Creek Ranch in Texas. This family style home sits in a secluded wooded area near a pond surrounded by a plethora of Cypress trees. The building itself it majority heavy timber, that is actually Cypress as well, with lots of large glass windows and a little bit of concrete and stone thrown in here and there. Personally I love the look of this home. It has elements of a “log cabin” type home, but with a modern twist. There is a lot of open space in this house with tall vaulted ceilings showing the wood trusses and metal connections. With all the windows in this house there is so much natural lighting, which I feel like makes the space so inviting and probably why I myself was drawn to the images of this home.