The Gibbs College of Architecture is excited to congratulate the following OU alumni and 2019 AIA Central Oklahoma Honorees:
As well our alumni who are AIA Central Oklahoma new licensees, including:
Among the AIA Central Oklahoma Fellows recognized during the Honor Awards ceremony were Lisa Chronister, FAIA (B.Arch, 1994); James Loftis, FAIA (B.Arch 1965); and Fred Schmidt, FAIA (B.Arch 1973).
Several GCA alumni also served as awards presenters, including Kenneth Dennis, AIA (M.Arch, 1994); Mark Gandy, AIA (BSED, 1984; M.Arch, 1987), and Fred Schmidt (Arch, 1973).
Each of these GCA alumni were recognized during the 2019 AIA Central Oklahoma Honor Awards ceremony, held on Friday, April 12. The ceremony featured a keynote address by GCA Dean Hans E. Butzer and Torrey Butzer, of Butzer Architects and Urbanism, and Gavin McMillan, principal at Hargreaves Landscape Architects. Together, they shared details about Oklahoma City’s downtown Scissortail Park project.
GCA alumnus and former Caudill Award winner presented Lisa Chronister, second from the left, with this year’s Caudill Award!
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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.
