In a recent article published in The Oklahoman, Dean Hans Butzer and his wife Torrey Butzer reflect on their design of the Oklahoma City National Memorial that honors the lives that were lost in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. In the article, the designers describe the clear intention to honor each life individually. In the article, Dean Butzer said, “We wanted to create an individual moment for each of them, rather than band them together on a wall.”
Read "Oklahoma City National Memorial designers made OKC their home” and "Husband and wife recall their design of Oklahoma City National Memorial" by the Oklahoman.
Photo credit: Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman.
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.
