https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2669 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17924 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:57:56 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17924-lever-architectures-albina-one-housing-complex-begins-to-restore-a-fragmented-portland-community http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17676 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:08:45 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17676-an-adaptive-reuse-project-by-lever-architecture-makes-the-grade-at-the-university-of-oregons-new-portland-campus http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17305 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:31:12 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17305-lever-architecture-and-field-operations-marries-the-pastoral-to-the-corporate-for-nbcuniversals-la-campus http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17040 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17040-lever-architectures-843-n-spring-street-portends-a-greener-future-for-los-angeles 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.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16857 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:10:57 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16857-alta-house-by-lever-architecture 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.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16255 Tue, 16 May 2023 14:09:26 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16255-shaken-not-stirred-tallest-mass-timber-shake-table-test http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16093 Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16093-design-ed-podcast-chandra-robinson http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16021 Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:08:34 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16021-lever-architecture-wins-design-competition-for-campus-expansion-of-maines-portland-museum-of-art PMA-Lever-1.jpg The PMA campus unification and expansion from Congress Square. Image by Darcstudio, courtesy of Portland Museum of Art, Maine / LEVER Architecture / Dovetail Design Strategists PMA-Lever-5.webp High Street in summer. Image by Darcstudio, courtesy of Portland Museum of Art, Maine / LEVER Architecture / Dovetail Design Strategists PMA-Lever-4.webp Interior rendering. Image by Darcstudio, courtesy of Portland Museum of Art, Maine / LEVER Architecture / Dovetail Design Strategists PMA-Lever-3.webp The rooftop of the new wing. Image by Darcstudio, courtesy of Portland Museum of Art, Maine / LEVER Architecture / Dovetail Design Strategists PMA-Lever-2.webp Free Street in the winter. Image by Darcstudio, courtesy of Portland Museum of Art, Maine / LEVER Architecture / Dovetail Design Strategists http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15012 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15012-meyer-memorial-trust-by-lever-architecture Meyer-Memorial-Trust-01-B.jpg Meyer Memorial Trust’s series of roofs recalls the gabled houses once plentiful in the neighborhood, while its metal cladding echoes the industrial environs. Photo © Jeremy Bittermann/JBSA The 12-story, all-wood highrise planned for Portland, Oregon, has been scrubbed.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13556 Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:27:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13556-groundbreaking-of-mass-timber-framework-building-placed-on-indefinite-hold goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Innovation in materials and fabrication prompts an architect to reconsider how buildings are made.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13125 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13125-design-vanguard-2017-lever-architecture L’Angolo Estate A long, low-slung roof and glazed facades that provide views of the surrounding vineyards merge a tasting room in Oregon’s wine country with the surrounding landscape. Photo © Jeremy Bittermann Albina Yard Many of the mass timber technologies employed in the four-story Albina Yard (shown), will be used in another Portland project: Framework. It is slated to become the country’s first wood high-rise. Photo courtesy LEVER Architecture Framework Many of the mass timber technologies employed in the four-story Albina Yard, will be used in another Portland project: Framework (shown). It is slated to become the country’s first wood high-rise. Photo © Jeremy Bittermann ArtHouse The firm’s first stand-alone building was ArtHouse, a six-story, 50-unit apartment complex for students at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Completed in Portland’s Pearl District in 2013, the accordion folds of its metal skin elevate the building’s otherwise standard exterior cladding material. Photo © Jeremy Bittermann Union Way LEVER transformed a structure—built in the 1920s as a garage, and then home to a nightclub—into a small retail complex in Portland’s West End. A sheltered public passage through the building has walls of regionally grown poplar and a skylit roof supported by the original trusses. Photo © Jeremy Bittermann Planned for Portland’s Pearl District, the 12-story tall wood building called Framework has been deemed “shovel ready” by municipal and state governments.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12785 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12785-tallest-mass-timber-building-in-us-receives-approval-for-construction Framework-Portnald-LEVER-Architecture-01.jpg Exterior rendering and structural model of Framework Image courtesy LEVER Architecture Lobby rendering Image courtesy LEVER Architecture Office rendering Image courtesy LEVER Architecture Affordable housing unit rendering Image courtesy LEVER Architecture Exterior rendering, detail of timber core and public spaces Image courtesy LEVER Architecture Exterior rendering Image courtesy LEVER Architecture Timber core, frame, floor Image courtesy LEVER Architecture Framework-Portnald-LEVER-Architecture-09.jpg Post-tensioned rocking wall (static state) Image courtesy KPFF Consulting Engineers Framework-Portnald-LEVER-Architecture-10.jpg Two-hour exposed beam-to-column fire testing Images courtesy LEVER Architecture CLT wall panel structural testing at Oregon State University Image courtesy LEVER Architecture Mass timber beam-to-column seismic testing at Portland State University Image courtesy KPFF Consulting Engineers In Portland, Oregon, where locavores rule, the new Albina Yard office building by LEVER Architecture showcases regional materials and innovative construction techniques.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12757 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12757-continuing-education-mass-timber-construction The mass-timber elements of the four-story Albina Yard serve as both structure and interior finish material. The exterior, which reads as a slightly askew pile of books, is clad in glass and corrugated metal. Photo © Jeremy Bittermann The mass-timber elements of the four-story Albina Yard serve as both structure and interior finish material. The exterior, which reads as a slightly askew pile of books, is clad in glass and corrugated metal. Photo © Jeremy Bittermann Specially engineered and fabricated steel brackets connect the columns, beams, and floor plates. Image courtesy LEVER Architecture The brackets are mostly buried within the wood components and are hardly visible on the building’s interior. Photo © Jeremy Bittermann Because the floors are made up of CLT panels fabricated off-site, each of the 4,000-square-foot decks was installed in about four hours. The prefabrication offered other benefits, including a quiet construction site and just-in-time delivery. Photo © LEVER Architecture