News and Events

04/21/2026
Timothy Cooke, LEVER Senior Associate, Joins Panel on Wood Sourcing at Living Future 2026 Conference
04/21/2026
Timothy Cooke, LEVER Senior Associate, to Present in Climate Smart Wood Group Webinar on Intentional Sourcing of Climate Smart Wood
04/06/2026
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Founding Principal, To Speak at University of Memphis Department of Architecture
04/02/2026
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Founding Principal, Selected as Juror for AIASF Design Awards
03/25/2026
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Founding Principal, to Speak at World Forestry Center and Port of Portland Event on Mass Timber, Housing Innovation, and Oregon-Grown Materials
02/04/2026
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Founding Principal, Named Juror for The Architect’s Newspaper’s 2026 Best of Practice Program
02/04/2026
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Founding Principal, to Speak at Architecture Project Night: The New Portland Libraries
01/21/2026
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Founding Principal, Named Friedman Visiting Professor of Practice at UC Berkeley
01/14/2026
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Founding Principal, Presenting Tall Timber and the Future of Cities in Wood at AIA Detroit Committee on the Environment

Press

Architectural Record
Designed by LEVER, Albina One, Affordable Housing Project Featured in Architectural Record
Metropolis Magazine
Designed by LEVER, Cascada Hotel and Spa Project Featured in Metropolis Magazine
Sleeper Magazine
AHEAD Awards Recognizes LEVER's Cascada Hotel and Thermal Springs for Sustainability
Metropolis Magazine
LEVER’s NBCUniversal Campus Project Awarded Workplace Winner by Metropolis Magazine's Planet Positive Awards 2025
Fast Company
Fast Company—Innovation by Design Awards Honors LEVER's NBCUniversal Campus Project
Architectural Record
Architectural Record Features LEVER's Adaptive Reuse Project at University of Oregon's Highland Hall
Architizer
LEVER Named One of Architizer’s 100 Best Architecture and Design Firms in the United States
Portland Tribune
Portland Tribune Features LEVER’s Design for Albina Library, the City’s Largest in Over a Century
Dwell
Dwell Features LEVER's Residential Project Alberta Arts House

Select Awards

AIA Oregon, 2030 Merit Award
2023
AIA Oregon, Honor Award
2023
AIA National COTE Top Ten Projects Award
2022
Urban Land Institute, Award for Excellence
2022
Achievement in Community Engagement (ACE) Awards, Outstanding Project—Honorable Mention
2022
Fast Company, World's Most Innovative Companies
2022