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During the 2017 Design-Build Conference and Expo in Philadelphia, OU team members Hannah Lang (captain), Matthew Festa, Zach Parnell, Anika Saynyarack, and Jafer Alnasser presented the team’s proposal for a student health and wellness facility to a jury of eight judges. Proposals were evaluated based on their delivery solutions and demonstration of team collaboration and synergy to solve design-build problems. The competition was tight, with only a three-point difference separating first and third place. Faculty advisers for the team were Prof. Tammy McCuen and Assoc. Prof. Dan Butko.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Thinh "Henry" Duong, a master's student in the Division of Interior Design, for earning first place in the 2026 Robert Bruce Thompson Annual Student Light Fixture Design Competition.
Gibbs College of Architecture Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Director and Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) faculty member Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., recently published a new book, Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum.
In May, students from the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture's Architecture, Environmental Design, and Interior Design programs participated in an intensive five-day Studio in Residence at Taliesin West, the iconic winter home and desert laboratory of Frank Lloyd Wright.
