trevor lee, rLA
Partner
Trevor’s work focuses on transformative landscapes, rethinking how we foster social life through meaningful cultural and ecological engagement and design. He has worked alternately as a designer, researcher, instructor, and advisor for over 20 years in both professional practice and academia, including over a decade with OLIN. With his background and interests in art, graphic design, and illustration, he considers ways to create immersive, embedded experiences by foregrounding cultural, technological, and ecological frameworks within the landscape. He has brought this approach to many of OLIN’s signature projects, including the LEED Platinum-certified forestry school at Yale University, Syracuse Connective Corridor in upstate New York, the 21st-century revitalization of Denver’s 16th Street Mall, a landmark reimagining of the public realm surrounding the Los Angeles Convention Center, and Manhattan’s Pier 26 at Hudson River Park.
Beyond his work at OLIN, Trevor has taught extensively through faculty positions as a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of Tennessee, a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, a visiting assistant professor, and a third-year undergraduate coordinator at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and as a Design Fellow at Syracuse University. Trevor has also worked as an artist with his installation titled WindNest, deploying new solar and wind science technologies in collaboration with the Land Art Generator Initiative. WindNest was part of the award-winning SEE MONSTER installation off the coast of England in 2022. He has worked with other renowned landscape architecture offices on notable commissions, including Section Three of the High Line in New York City and Chicago’s Navy Pier.