Mark Allen Lakins

about

Mark Allen Lakins

I was raised on a farm in Springtown, Texas. As a kid I spent summers looking for arrowheads in old creek beds and hopping fences to fish in other people's ponds- which is probably where the interest in regional architecture started, and the lifelong habit of designing for a specific place rather than a general one.

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Master of Architecture from the University of Houston, with a concentration in sustainable architecture.

Thirteen years: custom houses and watching them get built, then documents and construction administration, then multifamily and affordable housing, then business development.

A hundred projects designed. About half of them built. I was on the sites for those, looking at my own drawings.

I have built homes for people who had none, and I think architecture should be reachable by more people than currently reach it.

designer, admirer

I live in Austin. Off the clock I am usually on a beach, or making something with friends.

where i have worked

DAHLIN Architecture | Planning | Interiors
Director of Project Development
2025–2026
Market Square Architects
Business Development | Senior Project Manager
2023–2025
KRDB
Development | Project + Construction Manager
2021–2023
Cuppett Kilpatrick Architects
Project Manager
2020–2021
Gaslamp Design Studios2020–
Refined Custom Builders
Lead Designer
2019–2020
Jenkins Custom Homes
Designer
2013–2018