Scott Davis, an architect for the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings, Operations, Planning and Real Estate, gave a public lecture in the Buskuhl Gallery last Wednesday. The lecture included a brief overview of State Department history, as well as reflections on Davis’ experiences designing highly specialized diplomatic facilities throughout the world. During his time on the OU campus, Davis also reviewed fifth-year architecture students’ designs for a U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This studio project is led by Prof. Khosrow Bozorgi.
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.
