Prominent Architect Max Levy to Speak at K-STATE

MANHATTAN – Prominent architect Max Levy, FAIA, will speak at K-State on Monday, April 4, 2011 on the topic “Common and Uncommon Sense.” Levy is the founder of Max Levy, Architect in Dallas.
 
Levy is considered an expert in designing spaces that connect people with nature, whether the setting is rural or urban. He emphasizes the use of “ephemeral materials”: sunlight and shadow, which can “play over the surface of a building in ways that are just as palpable as any other building material.” He strives in his work to create designs that will resonate with multiple audiences. “Any time you can touch a cross-section of society from one end to the other, I think you’re heading in the right direction.”
 
The work of Max Levy, Architect has received numerous local, state and national awards and accolades, including two Dallas House of the Year Awards. The firm received the 2010 Texas Society of Architects Studio Award for its unbuilt project Color Clock House, which was also profiled in the November/December issue of Texas Architect magazine. The firm’s work has been featured in over 50 publications, including Metropolitan Home, Cite and Architectural Record.
 
Levy received his bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to founding Max Levy, Architect in 1984, he practiced at Joseph Esherick & Associates in San Francisco, Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP in Chicago, and The Oglesby Group in Dallas (now Oglesby?Greene). Levy is also a frequent guest lecturer at educational and art institutions, including the University of Texas, the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, and the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art.

The lecture will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Little Theater at the K-State Union. The event is open to the public and free of charge.