We are currently interviewing alumni and friends of the OU Architecture program during Bruce Goff and Herb Greene’s tenure at the school. Recently, we had the pleasure of interviewing alumnus Chayo Frank (B.Arch ’67) at his home in Miami. Chayo told the story of Morris Lapidus, father of the “Miami Modern” movement, recommending to his father that Chayo study under Bruce Goff at the University of Oklahoma. Once at OU, Chayo found that, with Goff, “you never made a mistake.”
A project designed by Gibbs College of Architecture faculty member Austin Lightle has been selected for BuildFest 2026, a national art and architecture festival held at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in New York, on the historic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
Two Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumni are helping shape recommendations that could influence affordable housing design and construction across Oklahoma.
The University of Oklahoma Libraries recently welcomed Carl Siegel as an Architecture Librarian and Archivist and Assistant Professor. In his role, Siegel supports students, faculty and staff across the Gibbs College of Architecture while also serving as archivist for the American School of Architecture Archives.
