• A man with short hair wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt and jeans, standing in front of a white ribbed wall, smiling with his hands in his pockets.

    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. 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.

    214.477.7968

    mark@official-design.com

  • A smiling woman with short dark hair, wearing a floral dress and black cardigan, standing with arms crossed in front of a white vertically striped wall.

    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 and her research focuses on bio-based building materials, in particular hempcrete. She previously worked 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.

    214.477.5449

    amy@official-design.com