Oklahoma City-based architecture firm höffnerdesignstudio recently announced that it has been named a finalist in the 27th annual IIDA Will Ching Design Competition. Michael Höffner, a faculty member in the Division of Architecture is principal of höffnerdesignstudio.
“We are excited to announce the exceptional finalists of this year’s Will Ching Design Competition,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl Durst, Hon. FIIDA. “The projects chosen this year are truly representative of commercial interior design excellence and are indicative of the high level of innovation boutique firms can achieve.”
The finalists were chosen by a jury of design experts, including Verda Alexander, IIDA, co-founder, O+A; Gary Lee, IIDA, president, Gary Lee Partners; and Krista Ninivaggi, IIDA, Allied ASID, founder, K&CO.
The winning project will be announced in April 2019 and will be honored at the IIDA black-tie gala, Silver, on June 9, 2019.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture professor and Institute for Quality Communities Director Dr. Amber N. Wiley’s book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, has received two major honors from the Urban History Association.
Research initiated by Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumna Naila Hasan during her master’s studies at the University of Oklahoma has continued through faculty collaboration and resulted in a peer-reviewed publication in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce Esther Thorp, Tyler Boydstun and Chukwuma Nwokoye as the winners of the 2026 Construction Innovation Translation Hub (CIThub) Student Ideas Competition.
