Jiri Lev

Jiri Lev (born 1979, /ˈjɪrɪ ˈlɛv/, Czech: Jiří Lev or germanised Löw) is an Australian architect and urbanist, active in residential, sacred, and public architecture, as well as disaster recovery and humanitarian development.^[1][2]

Lev’s works works are known for their highly varied, regionally specific, contemporary traditional, sometimes classical style, often inspired in the vernacular, prolific use of natural, raw, locally sourced construction materials^[1][3][4] and avoidance of synthetic treatments, paints and plastic.^[5][6][7] His open-source residential designs have been widely replicated across Australia and North America.^[8][9]

Works include Holtermann Museum (2015),^[10] Courtyard House (2018),^[11] Tasmanian House (2021),^[12][13][14] Tasmanian Homestead (2023),^[8] Tasmanian House 3 (2025).^[15]

Lev is recognised for his involvement in pro bono and community-focused initiatives.^[16][17] Following the 2019-20 Australian bushfires, he established Architects Assist,^[18][19] an initiative providing architectural assistance to victims.^[20][21][22] He later founded Architekti Pro Bono to aid victims of the 2021 South Moravia tornado in the Czech Republic.^[23]

Born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (today Czech Republic), he first established a multidisciplinary design practice in Prague in 1998 before relocating to Sydney, Australia, in 2005, and completing his studies at the University of Newcastle.^{[24][1][25][26]}

He stood as an independent candidate in the 2025 Tasmanian state election,^[27] proposing housing schemes for disadvantaged people and advocating for reforms to planning regulations, greater transparency, stronger environmental protection, and minimum aesthetic standards reflecting local character.^[28][29]

• Contextual architecture
• List of Australian architects
• New classical architecture
• New urbanism
• Sustainable architecture
• Traditional architecture
• Vernacular architecture