Thomas Robinson, LEVER founding principal, is serving as a juror for The Architect’s Newspaper’s 2026 Best of Practice program. Now in its sixth year, the program recognizes firms that treat professional practice as a design endeavor, with focus on office culture, portfolio, and community impact.

Robinson joins a jury that includes Gerdo Aquino, Co-CEO and principal at SWA; Phillip Bernstein, deputy dean and professor in practice at Yale School of Architecture; Hervé Descottes, founding principal of L’Observatoire International; Elizabeth Lowrey, principal at Elkus Manfredi Architects; and Melissa Wong, principal at Thornton Tomasetti. The jury also includes Isabel Ling, managing editor at The Architect’s Newspaper, and Jack Murphy, editor in chief at The Architect’s Newspaper.