News and Events

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
12/08/2025
LEVER's NBCUniversal and Highland Hall Recognized by Architect’s Newspaper 2025 Best of Design Awards
11/24/2025
LEVER’s NBCUniversal Campus Project Honored at the 55th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards
10/27/2025
LEVER Receives AIA Oregon Architecture Awards; Thomas Robinson, Founding Principal, Recognized for FAIA
09/30/2025
Chandra Robinson, Principal at LEVER, to Present Lecture on Architecture and Community at Kansas City Design Center
09/30/2025
Chandra Robinson, Principal at LEVER, to Present at Swarthmore College Visiting Artist Colloquium

Press

Metropolis Magazine
Metropolis Magazine Features LEVER’s Restoration and Expansion of Albina and North Portland Libraries
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

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