Led by Construction Science faculty Somik Ghosh and Lloyd Scott, a team of students recently took first place in the TEXO/ASC Region 5 Design-Build International student competition. The team was comprised of Hannah Lang (OU – CNS), Jacob Little (OU-CNS), Anika Saynyarack (OU – ARCH), and three students from Dublin Institute of Technology, as well as alternate team members, Brendan Ford (OU – CNS), Patrick Struble (OU-CNS), and Matthew Homsher (OU-CNS). Congratulations!
The third-place team in the Commercial category.
Another team, led by Construction Science faculty member Matt Reyes, took third place in the TEXO/ASC Region 5 Commercial student competition. Team members included Matthew Aytes, Bailey Helterbrand, Zachary McManaman, Dennise Pedroza, Jacob Ruhl, and Elliott Taylor.
The second-place team.
Congratulations to Design-Build team members Scott Kleinschmidt, Raisul Islam, Trent Leonard, Orion Couch, Ky Sandefeur, and James Spear! This team of Construction Science and Architecture students took second place at the ASC Region 5/TEXO competition. Team coach was Dr. Tammy McCuen.
Telesis, a journal produced by students in the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, has earned first place in the 2026 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals for its seventh volume, “Unfold.” This marks the fourth time the publication has earned recognition for excellence in student architectural journalism. It shares the honor with student journals from Columbia University, University of Michigan, and Cal Poly.
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.
