The 2018 AIA Central States’ Student Design Competition recently challenged students to design an urban neighborhood which could reinvent the “art of city life” in downtown Tulsa’s Pearl District. The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture team placed second with their proposal entitled “Collective.” Their project introduces apartments, office spaces, retail shopping and an art gallery to the area. Collective also strongly addresses the existing buildings located on the site and the site’s need for water management. The GCA team included Evan Sack, Kyle Berger, Tanaka Kawondera and Ben DeCuyper with faculty sponsor Francesco Cianfarani. Other participating universities included Oklahoma State University, Washington University, University of Kansas, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska, Drury University and Iowa State.
Featured Image: The GCA team’s rendering of “Collective” for the 2018 AIA Central States Student Design Competition
For more information about the competition, visit the AIA Central States Emerging Professionals website.
A project designed by Gibbs College of Architecture faculty member Austin Lightle has been selected for BuildFest 2026, a national art and architecture festival held at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in New York, on the historic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
Two Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumni are helping shape recommendations that could influence affordable housing design and construction across Oklahoma.
The University of Oklahoma Libraries recently welcomed Carl Siegel as an Architecture Librarian and Archivist and Assistant Professor. In his role, Siegel supports students, faculty and staff across the Gibbs College of Architecture while also serving as archivist for the American School of Architecture Archives.
