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Site-sourced material: old-growth redwood from Big

Site-sourced material: old-growth redwood from Big Creek Reserve / Big Sur.⁠⠀
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Swipe to see how it came together!⁠⠀
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#sustainability #oldgrowthredwood #woodwork #redwoodslab #millwork #wildlandurbaninterface #forestmanagement #fireresistantarchitecture #fireresistantbuildings #institutionalarchitecture⁠⠀
#LevyArtArchitecture #levyaa #architecture⁠

Before / After at Big Creek Reserve (swipe)⁠⠀

Before / After at Big Creek Reserve (swipe)⁠⠀
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#naturallight #daylight #naturallight⁠⠀
#wildlandurbaninterface #fireresistance #forestmanagement #fireresistantarchitecture #fireresistantbuildings #institutionalarchitecture⁠⠀
#LevyArtArchitecture #levyaa #architecture #constructionprocess

Concept art vs Final Construction⁠ (swipe)⁠⠀

Concept art vs Final Construction⁠ (swipe)⁠⠀
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#softpencil #hblead⁠⠀
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#resilience #climate #conservation #wildlandurbaninterface #fireresistance #forestmanagement #fireresistantarchitecture #fireresistantbuildings #institutionalarchitecture⁠⠀
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#LevyArtArchitecture #levyaa #architecture

There’s only one winner. Everyone else came in s

There’s only one winner. Everyone else came in second.⁠
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Image: David Opdyke’s “LESSER” Postcard.⁠
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See this clever little work of art and many more in our window display through the end of the month outside of 2501 Bryant Street, San Francisco.⁠
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#nationalpressclubwashington⁠
#nationalpressbuilding (also location tag 1930)⁠
#nationalpress #freespeech #freedomofthepress #firstamendment #stepdown #leave #gohome #yourefired⁠
#lesseroftwoevils⁠
@david.opdyke @monacellipress @phaidonsnaps #thisland #windowdisplay #artgallery

City Mouse and Country Mouse⁠ ⁠ Watching elect

City Mouse and Country Mouse⁠
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Watching election returns, with a granular clarity that only the internet can provide, a pattern became clear. We are less divided on issues of race and policy than we are of geography and urbanism. In even the reddest of states, city dwellers tended to vote more liberally, why? I would posit that urban life involves more regular contact with a variety of “others,” and that there is a level of comprehension and even compassion that results. ⁠
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For the first time in the history of human civilization more of the world’s population lives in urban settings than rural. As a result, and as the election tally suggests, there appears to be a growing acceptance of a mutually understood “common.” This common is to be shared and protected by all, based on humanitarian values, supported by interactions between diverse groups, generally liberal values. This is precisely the kind of society we find in cities, even red ones and the election has underscored it.⁠
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in the context of the pressing and inconvenient truth of climate change, the liberalizing influence of cities alongside their reduced environmental footprint provides us a small ray of light at the end of this dark tunnel. Urban form plays a role, with architecture being the form generator, a literal tool for building equity and compassion Now more than ever, our roles as architects, as creators, as en-visioners…… of form, of space, of society, are critical.⁠
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#LevyArtArchitecture #levyaa⁠
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From the New York Times: “Hell Hath No Fury Like a Trump Scorned”⁠
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Gail: If you look at political divisions that way, they seem more reasonable — less selfish and arbitrary. If you live in an urban area, you’re continually reminded of how much we need government to keep order and provide services. If you’re rural, everything seems to be put on your own back, and government spending just seems intrusive.⁠
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/opinion/biden-harris-trump-2020.html?referringSource=articleShare⁠
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#newyorktimes #urbanism #votersperacre #community #neighborhood @jetpackai #datavisualization #dataviz #uselection2020 #uselection #bidenharris2020

Life is good off the grid.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #selfsusta

Life is good off the grid.⁠⠀
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#selfsustaining #powering #sustainability #offgrid #cleanpower #thegoodlife

Earth-bound architecture in Big Creek Reserve for

Earth-bound architecture in Big Creek Reserve for the conservation biology department at UC Santa Cruz.⁠
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#lightfootprint #environmentalarchitecture #environmentalawareness⁠
#selfsustaining #solar #sustainability #offgrid #cleanpower⁠
#oldgrowthredwood #sitesourcedmaterial #conservationbiology #UCSC⁠
#LevyArtArchitecture #levyaa

After the turmoil, the discord, lies, distortion a

After the turmoil, the discord, lies, distortion and disrespect of this campaign season, honestly, of these past four years, we need to find common ground. We need to celebrate common decency, common respect and common cause. We need to understand that we are all in this together on this beautiful spaceship earth.⠀
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Let's find the bridge that connects us to each other and to our planet.⠀
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This photo was taken near our project with UC Santa Cruz at Big Creek Reserve.⠀
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#bridge #commonground #climatechange #empathy #goodness #mindfulness #respect #integrity #stewardship #bigcreek #bigsur #bethechange #powerofpositivity #humankind

Wishes from beyond the grave from John Hejduk (192

Wishes from beyond the grave from John Hejduk (1929 – 2000). #diadelosmuertos ⠀⠀
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Everyone wears a mask -- even buildings! Some of these masks conceal, some reveal deeper truths.⠀⠀
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Hejduk was one of America's foremost architects, architectural thinkers, and educators whose works projects, drawings, essays, and poems are brought together in this book "Mask of Medusa" printed in 1989.⠀⠀
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📰 Hejduk is better known as the consummate paper architect, an artist who has shirked off the cumbersome apparatus of conventional practice and created entire cities of the mind. His drawings, often gathered together in the form of "masques," set forth an elaborate personal mythology of angels, medusas, watchtowers, condemned men and other allegorical figures. In these cerebral cityscapes, buildings often resemble costumed performers. They act out the idea that architecture can be as solitary a pursuit as poetry or painting.⠀⠀
- Muschamp, Herbert. “ARCHITECTURE VIEW; Fleeting Homage To an Architect Who Only Dreams.” New York Times, 9 April 1995, p. 40. https://nyti.ms/35QnAqM. Accessed 30 October 2020.⠀⠀
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#facades #facade #mask #masks #architecturepun #famousarchitects #johnhejduk #johnhejdukwhereareyou #architecturebook #dayofthedead

Wishes from beyond the grave from John Hejduk (192

Wishes from beyond the grave from John Hejduk (1929 – 2000). #happyhalloween⠀
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Everyone wears a mask -- even buildings! Some of these masks conceal, some reveal deeper truths.⠀
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Hejduk was one of America's foremost architects, architectural thinkers, and educators whose works projects, drawings, essays, and poems are brought together in this book "Mask of Medusa" printed in 1989.⠀
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📰 Hejduk is better known as the consummate paper architect, an artist who has shirked off the cumbersome apparatus of conventional practice and created entire cities of the mind. His drawings, often gathered together in the form of "masques," set forth an elaborate personal mythology of angels, medusas, watchtowers, condemned men and other allegorical figures. In these cerebral cityscapes, buildings often resemble costumed performers. They act out the idea that architecture can be as solitary a pursuit as poetry or painting.⠀
- Muschamp, Herbert. “ARCHITECTURE VIEW; Fleeting Homage To an Architect Who Only Dreams.” New York Times, 9 April 1995, p. 40. https://nyti.ms/2Gis0OG. Accessed 30 October 2020.⠀
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#facades #facade #mask #masks #architecturepun #halloweenwishes #famousarchitects #johnhejduk #johnhejdukwhereareyou #architecturebook

Dock of the Bay Bay front new home for client wit

Dock of the Bay
Bay front new home for client with large extended family.
#LevyArtArchitecture #residentialdesign #residentialarchitecture #sanfranciscoarchitecture #sanfranciscoarchitects #levy_aa

After months of planning, detailing and questionin

After months of planning, detailing and questioning, you get your first real glimpse of how it's coming together. Our new Liberty Hill home revealed when the scaffolding comes down. Let's hear some 👏 ⠀
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#architecture #residentialarchitecture #homebuilding #levy_aa #LevyArtArchitecture #sanfranciscoarchitecture #constructionprogress #underconstructionphotography #sneakpeek👀

Looking for something *free* and different to do i

Looking for something *free* and different to do in San Francisco? Our outdoor art exhibit is running through November.⁠⠀
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@david.opdyke @lawrence_weschler #davidopdyke #naturaldiscourse⁠⠀
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#sanfranciscogallery #socialyetdistant #sociallydistantart #naturaldiscourse #streetartsanfrancisco #artshowsanfrancisco #art #meaning #ecology #sidewalk #gallery #sanfrancisco #mission @spacesmag @sfchronicle #sfmoma @stoutbooks @phaidonarchitecture @artspansf @brokeassstuart @sf_funcheap #sffuncheap

We were relieved to learn that the Research and ho

We were relieved to learn that the Research and housing that we recently completed at the UCSC Big Creek Reserve escaped the Dolan Fire undamaged. It is certain that this was, and is, in large part because of the work of Reserve managers and UC staff alongside CDF to face the emergency. It is also the result of good planning that included WUI (Wildland Urban Interface) standards for fire resistant construction, water storage and site preparedness. ⁠
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Resilience in the face of #climatechange, and the study of how the coastal ecosystem is responding is a big part of the mission of The Reserve. The Conservation Biologists who study and work at Big Creek know the fire cycle from academic and up close and personal perspectives. We appreciate and support their work and are glad that advance planning, architecture, and design helped in some way.⁠
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Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) construction water storage and site planning for fire preparedness, by Levy Art + Architecture. https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/08/big-creek-dolan-fire.html ⁠
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#resilience #climate #conservation #architecture #dolanfire #wui #wildlandurbaninterface #aerialphotography #fireresistance #forestmanagement #fireresistantarchitecture #fireresistantbuildings #LevyArtArchitecture #levy_aa⁠

The sinouos stair stringer at our Dolores Heights

The sinouos stair stringer at our Dolores Heights project.⁠
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#architecture #stairway #stairporn #residential

TRACERY....not a usual obsession but interested to

TRACERY....not a usual obsession but interested to see how the detail is a result of the material potential. Very delicate and masterful. #architecture #design #craft #skill #chicago

Looking forward to being in community tonight as w

Looking forward to being in community tonight as we celebrate the work of artist @david.opdyke in collaboration with @naturaldiscourse.
Join us for a special outdoor cocktail reception TONIGHT from 6-8pm outside of 2501 Bryant Street, San Francisco.
Comment below and tag friends that you’re bringing so we can say hi!

In this prophetic refashioning, forests are aflame

In this prophetic refashioning, forests are aflame, tornadoes torque from one card into the next, a steamboat gets swallowed up whole by some sort of new megafauna, frogs fall like Biblical hail from the sky. The human responses form a cacophony of desires and demands, panic and denial. Biplanes trail banners urging Repent Now!, others insist Legislative Action Would Be Premature, while still others advertise seats on an actual Ark. Join us tomorrow 10/3 to see the work and talk with David #art #meaning #ecology #sidewalk #gallery #sanfrancisco #mission #vote @david.opdyke @lawrence_weschler @stoutbooks @phaidonarchitecture @spacesmag @sfchronicle #sfmoma @artspansf

Outdoor Exhibit and Reception for @david.opdyke's

Outdoor Exhibit and Reception for @david.opdyke's "This Land"
SAT OCT 3 from 3-7pm
2501 Bryant Street
San Francisco
Levy Art & Architecture is proud to announce our second collaboration with @naturaldiscourse. We will be exhibiting the digital and paper works of David Opdyke in conjunction with the release of This Land, by award-winning author Lawrence Weschler and David Opdyke.
This inverted galley experience begins by asking what happens when we turn the gallery inside out? What happens when private spaces – art spaces – are unavailable and how can we present art to the community at large without constraint of time or entry?
Will you be joining us for the outdoor reception next weekend?
#sanfranciscogallery #socialyetdistant #sociallydistantart #naturaldiscourse #davidopdyke #streetartsanfrancisco #artshowsanfrancisco

Afternoon iPhone watercolor of the skyline on a ra

Afternoon iPhone watercolor of the skyline on a rare (lately) clear day #climate change #iPhone #watercolor #clear skies #wildfires #sanfrancisco #filters #architecture #design #minimalism #modernism #urbanism #perspectives

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