Professors Butko and Hoffner led 4th year Undergraduate and 2nd year Graduate students on a trip to the TreeHouse and Josey Pavilion in Texas. Thank you to Tenna Florian from Lake|Flato and Tom & Melissa Bookhout from Josey. Students who toured the TreeHouse and Josey Pavilion were also able to tour the TreeHouse Sustainable Home Improvement store in Dallas, designed by Lake|Flato. The tour guide explained the sustainable features of a variety of products and building systems demonstrated by the building and for sale in the store.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture professor and Institute for Quality Communities Director Dr. Amber N. Wiley’s book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, has received two major honors from the Urban History Association.
Research initiated by Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumna Naila Hasan during her master’s studies at the University of Oklahoma has continued through faculty collaboration and resulted in a peer-reviewed publication in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce Esther Thorp, Tyler Boydstun and Chukwuma Nwokoye as the winners of the 2026 Construction Innovation Translation Hub (CIThub) Student Ideas Competition.
