SELECTED RECOGNITION
2024 Grands Prix du Design Grand Winner (Royal II)
2024 American Architecture Award Honorable Mention (Royal II)
2024 Future House Award (Skyview)
2024 Architizer A+Award Finalist (Royal II)
2023 International Design Award (Royal II)
2023 AMP Honorable Mention (Royal II, Camp MINOH, Heartwood)
2023 Architecture MasterPrize Shortlist (Firm of the Year)
2023 Future House Award (Royal II)
2023 Architizer A+Awards Special Mention (Best Small Firm)
2022 International Architecture Award (Heartwood)
2022 GRAY Award (Architecture of Normal)
2021 AIA Oregon Merit Award (Heartwood)
2021 Architecture MasterPrize Honorable Mention (Skyview)
2021 American Architecture Award (Royal)
2021 International Architecture Award (Royal)
2020 Architecture MasterPrize (Royal)
2019 AIA Michigan Honor Award (Camp MINOH)
2019 AIA Oregon Citation Award (Silica)
2011 AIA Portland Merit Award (Interchange)
ABOUT THE STUDIO
William / Kaven Architecture is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Portland, Oregon, working in architecture and interiors. The studio was officially formed by brothers Daniel Kaven and Trevor William Lewis in 2004, continuing a lifetime of collaboration that began as children in their home state of New Mexico.
Recognized by Architizer as one of the Top 5 Small Firms in the world, William / Kaven possesses a breadth of experience in multi-family housing, private residences, mixed-use commercial buildings, and retail environments. Our team is committed to developing and delivering innovative and aesthetically excellent design that responds sensitively to site, context, and client needs.
William / Kaven’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest, ArchDaily, Dwell, Hypebeast, and Wallpaper*, among other publications.
DANIEL KAVEN
PARTNER
CREDENTIALS
AIA, NCARB
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture
University of Oregon
Daniel Kaven is a co-founding principal of William / Kaven Architecture and an American artist working in architecture, painting, film and photography. He is known for developing visionary architectural concepts that defy convention, enduring structures of exceptional craft, and interventions that lie at the intersection of the built environment and art.
His architecture has won a number of honors, including an Architecture MasterPrize; an International Architecture Award from the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies; and several distinctions from the AIA. He has served on architecture award juries and panels including Architizer A+ Awards and FRAME Awards, and his work has been published in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Architect’s Newspaper, Dwell, Designboom, Wallpaper, Architectural Digest, Dezeen and Hypebeast.
In 2018, Kaven publicly proposed a pair of 1000-foot skyscrapers interlinked by a botanical garden 680 feet in the air that would anchor a $3 billion redevelopment of a downtown property owned by the City of Portland. Kaven’s proposal also included a new underground bullet train hub that would interlink Portland to Seattle and Los Angeles. Dubbed the “Twin Towers of Portland” by the press, the buildings, which would have been among the tallest in America, gained widespread international acclaim for their innovative design and bold program.
Kaven is the author of Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape (Birkhäuser, 2022). The book is a visual and literary exploration of how evolving forms of transportation have dramatically shaped the built environment of the American West since the arrival of the Spanish in New Mexico, and has received coverage in journals such as Metropolis, GRAY Magazine, and Icon Magazine, among others. In 2022, Architecture of Normal won the GRAY Award for Best of Product Design.
TREVOR LEWIS
PARTNER
CREDENTIALS
AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture, Cum Laude
University of Oregon
Trevor William Lewis is a co-founding principal of William / Kaven Architecture. He builds upon years of experience within internationally recognized architecture firms, with notable projects such as the Bend Cancer Center (2014 IIDA Jurors Choice Award, 2014 IIDA Healthcare Award); a 22-story 12W mixed-use building in downtown Portland (2010 AIA Built Merit Award); and a Community Center and Library for the the Chinese Municipality of Xiamen. Over the past 15 years, Trevor has been associated with the design of projects for many leading companies and institutions including Microsoft, Nike, Converse, NAU, Caterpillar, the Judicial Branch of California, St. Charles Health System, University of North Carolina, and the University of Oregon.
Lewis endeavors for modern, conceptually-driven design solutions, and is always looking beyond traditional practices to sensibly manage energy and resources, within the paradigm of high design. He welcomes any design challenge, and is always considering detail, material, and craft at the finest scale; while responding to culture and context at the broadest range.
Lewis is a LEED Accredited Professional, and is a Registered Architect in Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Texas and New York, and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.