llvll (‘level’) An Austin architectural practice specializing in single-family and multifamily residential development.

Process: Collaborative Design / Efficient Execution

We engage every client through a process built on listening, clear communication, and goal alignment. We take time to understand your vision, values, and criteria for success, delivering projects that perform exceptionally across value, craft, and client satisfaction.

Built for Developers & Builders

Backed by two decades of Austin architectural experience focused on residential development, we prioritize speed, yield, and market intelligence; not architectural ego. We bring a practical approach to every project:

  • Developer-Minded Insight: Having executed our own residential development projects - including rental renovations and for-sale builds - we’ve sat on your side of the table, giving us firsthand appreciation for the trade-offs behind every pro-forma. 

  • Construction Experience: Hands-on construction experience for our own builds grounds our design work in reality and directly informs how we approach constructability, durability and value.

  • Rapid Feasibility & Yield: During your option period or pre-LOI, we execute 24- to 48-hour site yield and code feasibility concepts. Backed by the experience of guiding hundreds of infill units through design & permitting, we help you evaluate potential and risk before committing capital.

  • Targeted Documentation: We eliminate redundant deliverables by tailoring drawing packages to your team’s actual workflow—delivering streamlined permit and pricing sets for experienced builders, or targeted detailing where it matters most.

  • Accelerated Design Workflow: Every project is tailored specifically to your site, buyer, and budget, but we're never starting from scratch. We leverage flexible, proven configurations and details to streamline design and documentation, saving time & effort. 

Long-Term Partnership

Our goal is simple: you hit your targets, we’re both proud of the finished product, and you’re thinking ahead to our next collaboration.

Some dude in a rocking chair on a brick patio, with trees and grass in the background.

TRAVIS LUCY

Travis is a native Austinite and a seventh-generation Texan. He obtained a Bachelors of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University, and a Masters of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, graduating with honors from both. He is a licensed architect in the state of Texas with over 25 years combined experience in architecture, development and construction. 

Prior to founding llvll in 2017, he worked in award-winning practices including Bercy Chen Studio, McKinney York Architects, Sprinkle Robey Architects, and Nash Builders, in addition to a state-run affordable housing development financing program. He has overseen a broad range of project types, including higher education, museum/gallery, multifamily, office, retail, restaurant, and single-family.