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10.10.23
GABL MEDIA REVEALS ORIGINAL NEW PODCAST, EMERGING, LAUNCHING THIS OCTOBER
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Oct. 10, 2023) – Gābl Media, the first of its kind digital multimedia network dedicated to the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries, today announced the upcoming launch of Emerging, an original Gābl Media podcast series following the journey of three friends as they navigate the triumphs and setbacks faced when starting their new architecture firm, Level Studio Architecture.
08.01.23
American Institute of Steel Construction’s, “Modern Steel Construction,” Magazine Features Level Studio’s Electric Oasis Project
This year’s Forge Prize winner looks to a perhaps-not-so-distant future in which typical gas stations become electric vehicle charging stations that double as steel works of art.
A CONCEPT THAT WOULD USE structural steel to reinvent the gas station experience for the EV age has won AISC’s 2023 Forge Prize. The annual competition celebrates emerging architects who create visionary designs that embrace steel as the primary structural component while exploring ways to increase project speed.
07.04.23
Archinect Selects Level Studio Architecture as One of Twenty “Must-Watch Emerging U.S.-Based Architecture Practices”
In celebration of July 4th, Archinect recognizes the work of U.S.-based architecture firms by bringing attention to a selection of emerging studios establishing themselves as changemakers and design leaders within the industry.
From coast to coast, we've explored several architecture practices that are making their mark in their respective cities. For this special feature, what better way to highlight the growing talent of U.S.-based practitioners than by celebrating their progress and expertise?
06.27.23
The July/August 2023 Issue of Civil Engineering, a Magazine by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Features Level Studios Electric Oasis
Electric Oasis is a far-future charging station concept that would provide electric vehicle charging, programming activities, economic revitalization, and ground remediation in a single package. The design leverages steel to combine canopies, pathways, and resiliency hubs into a multifunctional destination that puts people — and leisure activities — first.
The design, created by the New York City- and Los Angeles-based Level Studio, won the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2023 Forge Prize, which honors “emerging architects who create visionary designs that embrace steel as the primary structural component while exploring ways to increase project speed,” according to AISC.
06.26.23
Level Studio Architecture Featured on ArchDaily
Public spaces are the beating heart of our cities. They act as the hubs of social and cultural activity where people congregate, interact, and escape the clamor of the city. These areas are crucial in determining a city's identity, character, and citizens' well-being and standard of living. Public spaces can define our communities and significantly impact how we live, work, and interact with one another through their architectural designs, facilities, and activities. Furthermore, they provide leisure, exercise, and recreation opportunities, allowing individuals to escape the confines of their daily routines and connect with nature.
05.15.23
Level Studio’s Lexi White Interviewed in the Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers Spring 2023 Issue
Architectural designer Lexi White and her colleagues, architects Jeffrey Lee and Christopher Taurasi, founding partners of Level Studio Architecture, are seizing the moment, mixing engineering with art and design in the form of a charging station. Their concept, Electric Oasis, is the winner of the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2023 Forge Prize.
04.25.23
University of Missouri Shares Conversation with Level Studio Co-Founder and Mizzou Alumni, Jeffrey Lee
“As for myself, Mizzou was where it all started – learning to understand spatial relationships, building tectonics, and an appreciation for fine craft. The program, while small in numbers, did a fantastic job in setting me towards a career path that’s still drawing from my earliest lessons,” says Lee.
04.06.23
Level Studio’s Electric Oasis Project Featured on Building Design + Construction
Level Studio impressed the Forge Prize judges with its "thoughtful approach" to electric vehicle charging: Turning the banal task into a destination event.
04.04.23
Level Studio’s Electric Oasis Project Featured in The Architects Newspaper
A concept for an electric vehicle (EV) charging station defined by a set of steel canopy structures has won the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2023 Forge Prize. The annual prize “celebrates emerging architects who create visionary designs that embrace steel as the primary structural component while exploring ways to increase project speed.”
04.03.23
Level Studio’s Electric Oasis Project Featured on Archinect
A new concept for an EV charging station has won the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2023 Forge Prize at a special live-streamed event held Thursday, March 30th, in Chicago.
Level Studio successfully presented a concept called Electric Oasis that inserts “treelike” steel canopies into gas stations while simultaneously enacting a bio-remediative aeration system that helps to mitigate the ground soil contamination that ordinarily renders such sites unusable for generations.
04.03.23
Level Studio’s Electric Oasis Project Featured on Bustler
A new concept for an EV charging station has won the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2023 Forge Prize at a special live-streamed event held Thursday, March 30th, in Chicago.
First created in 2018, the $10,000 prize “celebrates emerging architects who create visionary designs that embrace steel as the primary structural component while exploring ways to increase project speed.”
04.03.23
Level Studio’s Electric Oasis Project Featured on Arch2o
The American Institute of Steel Construction announced the winner of its 2023 Forge Prize on Thursday, March 30, at an online ceremony in Chicago. The winning entry was a design for an electric vehicle charging station. The $10,000 prize was established in 2018 to recognize up-and-coming architects who develop bold new projects prioritizing steel as a foundational element and experimenting with new methods for accelerating construction.
04.02.23
Level Studio’s Electric Oasis Project Featured in STRUCTURE Magazine
A concept that would use structural steel to reinvent the gas station experience for the EV age has won the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2023 Forge Prize.
LVL (Level) Studio collaborators Jeffrey Lee, Christopher Taurasi, and Lexi White won the $10,000 grand prize in a YouTube live stream Thursday afternoon. They worked with Schuff Steel Senior Vice President Christian Crosby to refine their Electric Oasis vision and make the process of bringing it to life in steel more efficient.
04.01.23
Level Studio’s Electric Oasis Project Featured in The Business Journal
A concept that would use structural steel to reinvent gas stations for electric vehicles has won the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2023 Forge Prize.
LVL (Level) Studio collaborators Jeffrey Lee, Christopher Taurasi and Lexi White won the $10,000 grand prize in a YouTube livestream Thursday. They worked with Christian Crosby, senior vice president of Schuff Steel, to refine their Electric Oasis vision and make the process of bringing it to life in steel more efficient.
03.31.23
The American Institute of Steel Construction Selects Level Studio Architecture as Winner of 2023 Forge Prize!
A concept that would use structural steel to reinvent the gas station experience for the EV age has won the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2023 Forge Prize.
Level Studio collaborators Jeffrey Lee, Christopher Taurasi, and Lexi White won the $10,000 grand prize in a YouTube live stream Thursday afternoon. They worked with Schuff Steel Senior Vice President Christian Crosby to refine their Electric Oasis vision and make the process of bringing it to life in steel more efficient.
Read Level Studio’s Press Release Here
07.22.22
Buildner Architecture Competitions Features Interview with Level Studio
We’d like to take the opportunity to introduce you to one of our Honorable mention winners for our "Modular Home / Edition #2" competition – Christopher Taurasi, Lexi White and Jeffrey Lee from United States!
level studio is a coast-to-coast architectural office started by 3 former classmates who met while pursuing design-build competitions. After nearly a decade of working together off and on, we founded lvl studio in 2022 with Modular Homes being our first competition as a formal office. The studio is currently based in both Brooklyn and Los Angeles and comprised of its three founding partners: Christopher Taurasi, Lexi White, & Jeffrey Lee.
07.08.22
Buildner Announces Level Studio’s Pastoral Modular as Honorable Mention in Modular Home / Edition #2 Competition
Buildner is pleased to announce the results of the Modular Home / Edition #2!
This competition tasked participants with submitting innovative design proposals for a modular home that can be constructed in any form in any location. Following the success of the first annual Modular Home Design Challenge, this edition expands on Buildner’s Small Scale Architecture Appreciation Movement as well as its Affordable Housing series.
Modular architecture offers versatile solutions for efficient, sustainable spaces and building practices. Repeatable or flexible modules can yield customisable and well-designed solutions to projects without incurring excessive costs. Factory prefabrication, efficient use of materials, reduced transport requirements and ease of site installation all have the potential to reduce the embodied energy of a project.
10.09.14
Student Life Features Level Studio’s Surface to Sukkah Project
St. Louis Hillel’s Sukkah City 2014 has built a home on the lawn in front of the Women’s Building.
Sukkah City’s 10 sukkahs were constructed as part of a competition marking the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, during which observers eat meals in outdoor shelters. The weeklong holiday began on Wednesday evening at sundown and concludes Oct. 15.
09.29.14
Level Studio’s Surface to Sukkah Project Announced as Winning Design for Sukkah City STL 2014
Ten cutting-edge sukkahs by architects and designers from around the nation will be installed Oct. 7-12 on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
The projects are winners of “Sukkah City STL 2014: Between Absence and Presence,” an ambitious contemporary design competition presented by St. Louis Hillel and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
09.28.14
Urban Timber: From Seed To City Exhibit Promoted by Judge, Nader Tehrani of NADAAA
A final opportunity to view Urban Timber, in what is the final week of the exhibition at the BSA Space. Curated and organized by Yugon Kim, the exhibit was the result of a competition, resulting in dozens of submissions. Targeting innovative ways of building with wood, the agenda of the competition was to assemble four design teams to develop their proposal with the guidance of architectural mentors —Alan Organschi, Alex Anmahian, Andrew Waugh, and me, Nader Tehrani– towards full scale mock-ups that demonstrate through making. With the four projects, also an expansive overview of the uses of wood in history, new means and methods developed in recent times and the range of products that are the result of the wood industry. Not to be missed!
06.26.14
Level Studio’s M2X3 Installation is Featured in Urban Timber: From Seed To City Exhibit at Boston Society of Architects (BSA) Space
New England was built with timber. Were it not for the Great Fire of Boston in 1872, the urban landscape of glass, steel, and concrete that we know today might have been very different.
This exhibition celebrates wood as the region’s most sensible and abundant choice of material for urban building, highlighting its flexibility and technical qualities, including timber's potential to combat climate change.
08.23.13
Level Studio’s M2X3, Winning Submission for TIMBER New England Design + Fabrication Competition, Featured on Archinect
The winners for the TIMBER New England Design + Fabrication competition were recently announced on TIMBER's website. Entrants had to propose a site specific installation inspired by traditional New England building and crafting, using engineered lumber or heavy timber. Each winning team will be paired with an architectural firm, a structural engineer, and a material supplier—and $7,500—to have their proposals realized at the URBAN TIMBER exhibit at BSA Space, opening in February 2014.
08.23.13
Level Studio’s M2X3, Winning Submission for TIMBER New England Design + Fabrication Competition, Featured on Bustler
"M2X3 is derived from the Roman numeral marriage marks scribed in corresponding pieces of lumber centuries ago during traditional New England timber-frame assembly. MMXXX (2030) is the year the world’s population will shift to majority urban dwellers. Recognizing New England’s traditional wood-building vernacular while exploring the potential of contemporary engineered lumber, M2X3 seeks to craft a new tectonic system of wood joinery for application in urban midrise construction."
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