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ARCHITECTURE_INTERIORS_FURNITURE
OFFICIAL is an award-winning architecture, interiors, and furniture design studio. Principals Amy Wynne Leveno, AIA, and Mark Leveno have been designing professionally since 1998 and started working together in 2005. Since founding OFFICIAL in 2012, the firm has earned numerous design awards, has been featured on the AIA Dallas Tour of Homes, and has been published nationally and internationally in books, magazines, and on design websites. OFFICIAL’s furniture design and fabrication shop utilizes a combination of handcraft and digital construction techniques. Furniture projects are primarily developed as short run, limited edition pieces. Please contact us for availability and pricing information for any pieces shown on our website.
We actively seek out new projects, opportunities, and inspirations. We are committed to design solutions that are thoughtful and surprising, logical and creative, innovative and beautiful. We see each project as a unique challenge with unique parameters. We believe that creating special experiences is possible at any scale.
We enjoy working on projects of all types and our portfolio includes large and small residential, multi-family, retail, restaurants, office interiors, warehouses, and adaptive reuse as well as custom furniture and lighting design.
Please reach out to learn more about OFFICIAL, how we work, and how we could contribute to your project. We'd love to hear from you.
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MARK LEVENO
PRINCIPAL
Mark Leveno has earned both a Masters of Architecture and an undergraduate degree in Creative Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin as well as earning his MFA in Furniture Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Mark has worked for many years in the field of architecture for renowned firms such as Ehrlich Architects. Mark’s creativity leads him to ideas and conceptually driven projects while his technical abilities ensure that they remain buildable. Mark takes on even the smallest projects with fervor and a sharp eye for detail. His process is to think, sketch, rethink, and resketch until a design reaches clarity. Mark’s furniture designs have been exhibited internationally. Two of his pieces, Droid and Yeti, were highlighted in the Fuori Salon of the Milan Design Library as part of the Milan Furniture Fair in 2012. Other works have been displayed at NeoCon and in galleries. He has taught Design at the Hong Kong campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design as well as teaching Architectural Design, Furniture Design, and Interior Detailing at the University of Texas at Arlington. He most recently taught an Architectural Design studio at the University of Oklahoma Gibbs College of Architecture.
EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art and Design_MFA in Furniture Design, 2012
University of Texas at Austin_Masters of Architecture, 2007
University of Texas at Austin_BA in Creative Advertising, 2000
ACADEMIA
University of Oklahoma_Adjunct Professor, 2022
Southern Methodist University_Guest Lecturer, 2017
University of Texas at Arlington_Adjunct Professor 2013-2015, 2019
Savannah College of Art and Design, Hong Kong Campus_Adjunct Professor, 2011
DESIGN JURIES
AIA Fort Worth Student Design Awards Juror, 2020
University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-2014, 2018
Southern Methodist University, 2017
Savannah College of Art and Design, 2010-2012
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AMY LEVENO, AIA, LEED AP
PRINCIPAL
Amy Wynne Leveno earned her Masters of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin as well as undergraduate degrees in Architecture and Civil Engineering from Lehigh University. She is a licensed architect in both Texas and Oklahoma and LEED Accredited Professional that has worked in multiple cities across the country. Prior to founding OFFICIAL, Amy worked designing residential and commercial green buildings for a number of esteemed firms including Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Corgan, and Page. Deeply believing that architecture can create positive change, Amy is committed to designing with a social, environmental and aesthetic consciousness. OFFICIAL’s designs are enhanced by her technical interest in materials and details.
Amy is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma Gibbs College of Architecture. She previously worked for two years as a professor of architecture at the Savannah College of Art and Design and while teaching she won a Presidential Fellowship to travel and research contemporary construction techniques in Japan. She has also taught Architectural Design and Interior Detailing at the University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Architecture.
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin_Masters of Architecture, 2006
Lehigh University_BA in Architecture, 1997
Lehigh University_BS in Civil Engineering, 1997
ACADEMIA
University of Oklahoma_Assistant Professor, 2021 - present
Southern Methodist University_Guest Lecturer, 2017
University of Texas at Arlington_Adjunct Professor, 2014, 2019
Savannah College of Art and Design_Professor, 2010-2012
DESIGN JURIES
AIA Fort Worth Student Design Awards Juror, 2020
AIA Arkansas Design Awards Juror, 2019
AIA Houston Tour of Homes Juror, 2018
University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-2014
Savannah College of Art and Design, 2010-2012