News and Events

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, to Speak at Architecture Project Night: The New Portland Libraries
02/04/2026
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Founding Principal, Named Juror for The Architect’s Newspaper’s 2026 Best of Practice Program
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
12/08/2025
Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards for LEVER's NBCUniversal and Highland Hall
11/24/2025
LEVER’s NBCUniversal Campus Project Honored at the 55th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards

Press

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
The San Diego Union Tribune
The San Diego Union Tribune Features LEVER's Residential Project
Forbes
Forbes Features Cascada Hotel and Spa, Designed by LEVER
The Architect's Newspaper
The Architect’s Newspaper Features NBCUniversal Campus Project Designed By LEVER

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