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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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.
