Douglas Miller

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.