Shortly after returning from research meetings with Aerix Industries (cellular aerated concrete) and RPG (acoustical panel researchers and fabricators) in PA and NJ, Associate Professor Daniel Butko visited Riverbank Acoustical Labs in Geneva, IL for acoustical testing of his own prototypical concrete panels.
Butko and fifth year architecture student Zach Maggia transported panels and arranged them in the lab to provide various hypothetical layouts and mounting configurations. Thanks to Eric, Dean, Mark, Arnold, and Malcolm at RAL.
The collaborative sOUnd lab research project initiated in 2017 continues with donations from Coreslab Structures and Reckli US Formliners to develop panels which provide reflection, diffusion, and absorption for multi-use spaces indicative of acoustical issues evident in Gould Hall’s Buskuhl Gallery.
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.
