The Soto Office Building / Lake|Flato Architects + BOKA Powell

Curated by Paula Pintos

Architects: BOKA Powell, Lake|Flato Architects
Area: 11000 m²
Year: 2020
Photographs:Erika Brown Edwards, Travis W. Baker
Manufacturers: Guardian Glass, HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER, StructureCraft, Tremco, Arriscraft, GAF, Huber Engineered, MBCI, Oldcastle APG, thyssenkrupp
Architect of Record: BOKA Powell
General Contractor: Byrne Construction Services
Geotechnical Engineer: Raba Kistner Consultants
Landscape Architect: Hocker
Lighting Consultant: Scott Oldner Lighting
Structural Engineer: StructureCraft, Danysh and Associates

Text description provided by the architects. BOKA Powell, in partnership with Hixon Properties and Lake Flato Architects, is proud to present The Soto—Texas’ first mass-timber office building. Mass timber is a model for sustainable design and construction that has proven its strength in Europe, Canada, and Australia, and more recently, the United States. This elegant structure anchors the Cavender Neighborhood, an exciting new mixed-use project in the up-and-coming Broadway corridor of San Antonio. The entire development focuses on efficiency, sustainability, flexibility, and innovation. Soto is the Spanish (Castillian) word for a “grove of trees” or “small forest,” especially one near a river, or a place of dappled sunlight and lush greenery.