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About LEVER Architecture

Founded in Portland, Oregon in 2009, LEVER Architecture is a 45+ person design practice widely recognized for material innovation and pioneering work with Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). In 2021 LEVER established an office Los Angeles, California. LEVER projects encompass first-of their-kind timber buildings for clients such as The Nature Conservancy and Adidas and include more than $1M in research to develop and test wood building assemblies. The firm’s work challenges conventional methods of fabrication, uses local and commonplace materials in unexpected ways, and pursues construction that benefits the environment and regional economy. This approach emphasizes transformation at every level of design and brings greater beauty and meaning to the final built work.

LEVER was recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the world’s most innovative architecture firms; and in 2017, was named to Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard and the Architectural League of New York's Emerging Voices. The firm’s work has been featured in news outlets including the New York Times, the Atlantic, Dwell, and Metropolis among others. LEVER projects were also recently featured in Timber City, an exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. Visit us at www.leverarchitecture.com