News and Events

10/27/2025
LEVER Receives Two AIA Oregon Architecture Awards; Thomas Robinson Recognized for FAIA
09/30/2025
LEVER’s NBCUniversal Campus Project in Los Angeles Featured in Greenbuild 2025 Tour
09/30/2025
LEVER Proud to Sponsor The Architectural League of New York's Beaux Arts Ball
09/30/2025
Chandra Robinson, Principal at LEVER, to Speak at Swarthmore College Visiting Artist Colloquium
09/30/2025
Chandra Robinson, Principal at LEVER, to Present Lecture on Architecture and Community at Kansas City Design Center
09/22/2025
LEVER Receives AIA California Architecture Merit Award for Spring Street Project in Los Angeles
09/11/2025
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Founding Principal, to Present Lecture on Regenerative Timber at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design
08/27/2025
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Founding Principal, to Speak at Architectural Record’s Sustainability in Practice Conference in Chicago
08/11/2025
Chandra Robinson, Principal at LEVER, to Present Regenerative Design as a Tool for Restorative Justice in New Affordable Housing Communities at Housing Oregon’s 2025 Conference

Press

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 for NBCUniversal Campus Project
Architectural Record
Architectural Record Features LEVER's Adaptive Reuse Project at University of Oregon's Highland Hall
Portland Tribune
Portland Tribune Features LEVER’s Design for Albina Library, the City’s Largest in Over a Century
Architizer
LEVER Named One of Architizer’s 100 Best Architecture and Design Firms in the United States
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
The Architect's Newspaper
The Architect’s Newspaper Features NBCUniversal Campus Project Designed By LEVER

Select Awards

USGBC—California, Green Building & Community Awards, Energy and Operational Carbon
2024
Metropolis Magazine, Planet Positive Awards—Best Design for Resilience
2024
Metropolis Magazine, Planet Positive Awards—Best Impact on Health and Wellness
2024
Architect’s Newspaper, Best of Design Award, Exhibition Design
2024
Architect’s Newspaper, Best of Design Award—Honorable Mention, Commercial Office
2024
Architect’s Newspaper, Best of Practice Award, Best Medium Firm—West
2024