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Lever Architecture’s Albina One Housing Complex Begins to Restore a Fragmented Portland Community

December 18, 2025

The 94-unit mid-rise gives priority to residents with ties to the historically Black Lower Albina neighborhood, which was shattered by midcentury urban renewal projects.

Sustainability in Practice Summer 2025

An Adaptive Reuse Project by Lever Architecture Makes the Grade at the University of Oregon’s New Portland Campus

Portland, Oregon

Randy Gragg

August 12, 2025

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A dark and disregarded 1950s-era gym-turned-theater is transformed once again into Highland Hall, an inviting academic building populated by future architects.

Architects on Architects

Lever Architecture and Field Operations Marries the Pastoral to the Corporate for NBCUniversal’s L.A. Campus

Los Angeles

Andrew Holder Claus Benjamin Freyinger

January 13, 2025

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Within a reimagined Hollywood headquarters, the founders of The LADG question architecture’s role to render safe the interaction between industry and humanity.

Lever Architecture's 843 N. Spring Street Portends a Greener Future for Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Ian Volner

August 12, 2024

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Combining office and retail space, the timber-and-steel building challenges the car-centric city's status quo with transit-oriented design.

Featured Houses

Alta House by LEVER Architecture

Alta, Wyoming

RECORD Editors

April 24, 2024

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Resilient and super-insulated, this four-bedroom seasonal retreat is clad in contrasting weathering steel and acetylated wood, echoing the geological character of the nearby Teton Range.

The tallest primarily mass-timber structure to be tested for seismic resilience on an earthquake shaking table is located at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

Shaken Not Stirred: Tallest Mass-Timber Shake-Table Test

Sarah Amelar

May 16, 2023

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A 10-story mass-timber tower designed by LEVER Architecture in collaboration with several university and industry partners withstood a recent seismic resiliency test at UCSD's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Chandra Robinson

RECORD Editors

February 23, 2023

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LEVER Architecture principal Chandra Robinson joins the podcast to discuss the firm’s expansion of the Portland Museum of Art in Maine and how LEVER became the industry's leader in mass-timber design.

LEVER Architecture Wins Design Competition for Campus Expansion of Maine’s Portland Museum of Art

Matt Hickman

January 9, 2023

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The proposed design of the mass-timber addition prioritizes accessibility and openness while celebrating the Pine Tree State’s lumber heritage.

Meyer Memorial Trust by LEVER Architecture

Portland, Oregon

Randy Gragg

March 2, 2021

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Chandra Robinson, a principal at LEVER who served on the woman-led design and development team behind the foundation's new Portland headquarters, is among the featured speakers at the June 20th Boston edition of Record on the Road.