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.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture announces John Harris as Associate Dean for Research ad interim, effective Aug. 25, 2026, until the permanent position is filled.
Gibbs College is pleased to announce the 2026 Gibbs College Faculty & Staff Awards recipients. These individuals were recognized by Dean Butzer during the Gibbs College Back to School Meeting and will be honored during the Celebration Banquet in October. They were nominated by their colleagues via an open nomination process.
Telesis, the Gibbs College of Architecture’s student journal, has been awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts to support its next two issues, “Pause” (Volume IX) and “React” (Volume X).
