Lake Flato Architects — the San Antonio practice best known for environmentally responsive Texas regionalism — might seem an unlikely match for a Soho House, yet the pairing makes complete sense on South Congress Avenue, where Soho House Austin arrived in 2021 as part of the Music Lane development. The building's board-formed concrete frame, black steel curtain wall, and cascading rooftop terraces dense with desert plantings carry the feeling of something grown from the Hill Country rather than imported from London. Harriet Liley and the Soho House Design team then layered the interiors with limewash walls, reclaimed wood ceilings, and terracotta tile floors that pull the same palette inside, creating continuity between the structure and its 46 rooms. The interior language moves between Texas Modernism and a softer Spanish colonial warmth — burl wood headboards, chartreuse velvet sofas, ikat-covered chairs, and oversized linen pendants share space with a 72-piece collection drawn entirely from Texas-based artists. The lobby bar area feels genuinely lived in rather than styled, with towering ficus trees planted directly into the floor, worn kilim-adjacent rugs, and white ceramic table lamps that read closer to a well-traveled collector's home than a hotel common room. Upstairs, the wraparound rooftop terrace — shaded by cedar pergolas beside columnar cacti and potted olive trees — pulls the whole project into focus: a members' club that actually belongs somewhere, which, for a global chain, is no small achievement. The project earned the 2023 IIDA Texas Oklahoma Best in Show Award.

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