Architecture graduate students enrolled in ARCH 5543, “Research and Critical Writing,” Emily Homan and Jamie Leake have collaborated to edit the latest issue of _543: The OU Architectural Theory and Criticism Journal.
For this issue, Homan and Leake have selected four essays:
Essays are authored by students enrolled in Prof. Deborah Richards‘ and Dr. Angela Person‘s Spring 2019 sections of ARCH 4543/5543, “Research and Critical Writing.” This is the third volume of _543, which has appeared each spring semester since 2017.
“Research and Critical Writing” allows upper-division and graduate students in architecture, environmental design and interior design to explore design theory and criticism in a seminar-based environment.
To read past essays published in _543, click here.
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.
