More than 100 GCA students and faculty from the Interior Design, Construction Science and Architecture programs visited the offices of Merriman Anderson Architects and Balfour Beatty for a field trip to Dallas last Friday, February 1st. The field trip included a firm tour, project presentations, and lunch hosted by Merriman Anderson. With Balfour Beatty, students received tours of the Epic Office and Pittman Hotel project sites. In addition, students participated in a scavenger hunt, visiting various Merriman Anderson projects around Dallas.
Students visiting Merriman Anderson.
Students visiting Merriman Anderson.
Students on a Balfour Beatty site.
Students on a scavenger hunt in Dallas.
Many thanks to Merriman Anderson and Balfour Beatty for your hospitality and support for our students!
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.
