LEVER Architecture
Ashley Blake Koger is an experienced architect currently working at LEVER Architecture since March 2021. Prior to this role, Koger served as a Senior Associate at GBD Architects from September 2013 to February 2021. Academic credentials include a Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Oregon (2010-2013), a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati (2003-2007), and a study abroad program at CEPT University starting in 2006. Koger's career includes roles such as Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Oregon, Intern Architect, and Summer Intern Architect at Hacker, and Intern Architect at Living Designs Group and Ergo Architecture.
LEVER Architecture
LEVER Architecture is a Portland, Oregon based design firm that is dedicated to the creation of buildings that elevate human experience. The firm works closely with creative and mission-driven clients and has developed a body of built work that includes student housing for the Pacific Northwest College of Art, campus planning and design for major entertainment companies in California, and the L'Angolo Estate Winery. LEVER is nationally recognized for material innovation and pioneering work with mass timber construction. The firm recently completed Albina Yard, the first building made from US-produced Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). In 2017, LEVER was named to Architectural Record's Design Vanguard and the Architectural League of New York's Emerging Voices. The firm's work has been published in the Atlantic, New York Times, Surface, and Dwell among others; and was recently featured in "Timber City," an exhibition at the National Building Museum on Washington DC.