Archinect - News2024-11-21T13:46:09-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150263637/lever-architecture-among-recipients-of-the-usda-s-wood-innovations-grant-for-material-innovation-and-exploration
Lever Architecture among recipients of the USDA's Wood Innovations Grant for material innovation and exploration Katherine Guimapang2021-05-14T12:50:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fd/fd08079b99211aa530a69ff95e729672.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Portland-based <a href="https://archinect.com/leverarchitecture/project/albina-yard" target="_blank">LEVER Architecture</a> is known for its work with material innovation, specifically <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1531060/clt" target="_blank">cross-laminated timber (CLT)</a> and mass timber construction. Founded by Thomas Robinson in 2009, the practice has received much notoriety and was recognized as one of the Architectural League of New York's <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149988668/the-emerging-voices-winners-for-2017" target="_blank">Emerging Voices in 2017</a>. Since then, the practice has developed impressive mass timber projects and restorations such as the Oregon Conservation Center, Redfox Commons, and <a href="https://archinect.com/leverarchitecture/project/albina-yard" target="_blank">Albina Yard</a>, their first US building made from domestically produced CLT.</p>
<p>Funding from the grant will aid the firm in its collaborative project <em>Forest to Frame: An Architecture of Resilient Forestry</em>. In partnership with Sustainable Northwest and Ecotrust, the project will be a web-based platform for "researching and tracking regional wood products that will meet the building industry's changing needs, as well as a tool to better understand the forestry practices associated with these products," shares the firm.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b9/b9bea51ee7a2c761f9da73fcba473e11.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b9/b9bea51ee7a2c761f9da73fcba473e11.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Redfox C...</figcaption></figure>
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A Conversation with Rusty Long, State Architect, Furloughed by the Government Shutdown Paul Petrunia2019-01-25T15:59:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/04/04f5347295ac9feb2b39ebc2487bb6e4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On this week's episode of Archinect Sessions, Ken, Donna, and I share our conversation with <a href="https://archinect.com/people/cover/25168429/rusty-long" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rusty Long</a>, an architect based in Cary, North Carolina. Rusty’s private practice focuses on sustainability and community engagement with a style that bridges modernism and the history of the the American South. <br></p>
<p>Rusty’s day job, however, is a State Architect for the <a href="https://www.rd.usda.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">USDA Rural Development</a> office. As a federal employee, Rusty is one of approximately 800,000 individuals currently furloughed by the Government Shutdown. On this 34th day of the historic shutdown, as he and many others remain unpaid after two pay cycles, Rusty sits down with us to share his story. We talk about how and why he entered public service, the work he typically undertakes as a state architect, and the problems that this shutdown are causing for him, his colleague and the US taxpayers in general.</p>
<p>Listen to episode 134 of <a href="http://archinect.com/sessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archinect Sessions</a>, “A Conversation Rusty Long, State Architect, Furloughed by the Government Shutdown”...</p>