Learn more about LEVER's campus expansion projects: PSU’s Jordan Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design, NBCUniversal Campus, Adidas HQ Expansion and Gold Building, and Meyer Memorial Trust: leverarchitecture.com

Thomas Robinson, FAIA, Founding Principal of LEVER, has been named @ArchRecord’s 2026 Innovator for his pioneering work with mass timber. The awards recognize the year’s best built and unbuilt projects and honor leading and emerging voices in the profession

Designed by LEVER, Portland State University’s Jordan Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design brings three academic programs together in a four-story mass timber building with studios, classrooms, galleries, and an outdoor courtyard

Designed by LEVER, CASCADA is a LEED Platinum boutique hotel and spa in Portland’s Alberta Arts community. The hybrid mass timber development includes 100 hotel units, wellness facilities, a restaurant, and retail spaces, integrating biophilic design

This week, PSU celebrated the grand opening of the new home for the Jordan Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design. Designed by LEVER, the four-story building is the university’s first mass timber structure, bringing together Art Practice, Art History, and Graphic Design

The Architecture Foundation of Oregon recognized Vailey Oehlke, Executive Director of Multnomah County Library from 2009 to 2024, at its 2026 Honored Citizen event. LEVER was honored to join the celebration last week, recognizing her leadership in expanding library access

Last week, LEVER hosted a tour of the University of Oregon’s Oregon Acoustic Research Laboratory as part of Sustainable Building Week. Designed by LEVER, the mass-timber facility features glulam, mass plywood, and folded weathering-steel cladding inspired by sound frequencies

LEVER, in collaboration with O+A and GGN, designed the adidas Performance Zone as a mass timber athletic center that cantilevers over a new soccer field and connects directly to the central plaza for athletic training and community activities

Thank you @ArchRecord for featuring LEVER’s PSU’s Jordan Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design in its 2026 Colleges & Universities issue. The new mass timber building brings Art Practice, Art History, and Graphic Design together under one roof architecturalrecord.com/arti…

For Sustainable Building Week, LEVER will host tours of two Portland higher education projects exploring regional timber sourcing, from Tribally owned enterprises at PSU’s Schnitzer School to habitat restoration strategies at the University of Oregon’s OARL

Designed by LEVER, Thesis Headquarters is a mass timber campus in Portland’s Slabtown neighborhood. CLT panels, glulam columns and beams define the structure, while daylight, efficient systems, and on-site solar contribute to its LEED Gold design

Designed by LEVER with Field Operations, NBCUniversal Campus connects the studio lot through new green spaces and a planted paseo. The Commons provides amenities and event spaces, while One Universal integrates indoor and outdoor workspaces

Designed by LEVER with Multnomah County Library and Noll & Tam Architects, Albina Library restores the historic 1912 Carnegie library and adds new reading, study, and community spaces connected through a double-height timber lobby

Designed by LEVER, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences headquarters renovation creates open, day-lit workspaces, a three-story connecting stair, transparent glazing, and upgrades to the 1,000-seat Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Designed by LEVER, 843 N Spring Street transforms a 1980s retail warehouse in Los Angeles into a hybrid CLT, steel, and concrete office building organized around a central garden, with outdoor spaces, natural ventilation, solar PV, and rainwater reuse

Designed by LEVER, T. Joyce Phillips Apartments redevelops an existing Portland housing community with 187 affordable units. The design preserves neighborhood character while providing pedestrian connections, shared outdoor spaces, and light-filled interiors

Designed by LEVER, Albina Yard is an office building with ground-floor retail in North Portland and the first U.S. building made from domestically produced CLT. Its mass timber structure combines a Douglas fir glulam frame with Oregon-made CLT panels

CASCADA Thermal Springs + Hotel was named the No. 1 hotel in Portland in @Oregonian 2026 Readers Choice Awards, recognizing its accommodations, amenities, staff, spa, and restaurant oregonlive.com/travel/2026/0…

Designed by LEVER, Meyer Memorial Trust’s sustainable Portland campus incorporates Mass Plywood, a regional wood product, a roof garden terrace, and a landscape of Indigenous plant species connected to local ecology and regional history

Designed by LEVER, this renovation of a 1920s prairie-style home preserves its character while adding light-filled modern spaces. A relocated kitchen connects the original living areas to a new stair, outdoor cabana, patio, and landscaped yard