Tulsa’s Kendall-Whittier neighborhood has been named a semifinalist for the Great American Main Street Award. The award recognizes Main Street programs that use historic preservation to drive commercial revitalization. The Kendall-Whittier Main Street program is led by 2007 Urban Design Studio graduate, Ed Sharrer, pictured above. “We are talking about the very best from every state in the union going for this,” Sharrer said in an interview with the Tulsa World. “So making it as a semifinalist is really pretty remarkable.”
Read more about the project in the Tulsa World article.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture assistant professor Amy Leveno and Mark Leveno, co-founders of OFFICIAL Design, have received a 2026 AIA Central States Region Design Award for the firm’s Granger Annex Community Center project in Garland, Texas.
Construction Industry Speaker Series welcomed Stephen Evans from the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum to give a lecture on better conversations and relationship building.
The University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture Hall of Fame recognizes a select number of high-character individuals who have made a significant and lasting positive impact on Gibbs College, its students, staff, faculty, alumni and/or to communities across the globe. The impact may have been, or continues to be, in the form of service and mentorship, sustained professional excellence, and/or advancement and financial support. Joseph Edgar Smay is part of the 2025 Hall of Fame class.
