The Urban Design Studio is proud to announce its first Urban Design Fellows. Made possible by the Christopher C. Gibbs Endowment for faculty support and development, each fellow will receive a $3,000 stipend to pursue their research.
Shideh Shadravan will be developing a proposal for an urban transformation of the historic Sand Springs Power Plant.
Dave Boeck will be conducting research related to Aging-in-Place and Accessible Housing with the Community Health and Environmental Design initiative at OU-Tulsa, working in conjunction with faculty from Social Work and Occupational Therapy.
The fellows also serve as mentors to students pursuing the Master of Urban Design degree at OU-Tulsa. The Urban Design Studio would also like to take this opportunity thank all the faculty that submitted proposals.
The proposals were of exceptional quality, which made it a difficult choice for the two outsider reviewers from the OU-Tulsa Library. The reviewers rated the proposals based on intellectual merit, meaningful collaboration with the Urban Design Studio, diverse viewpoints, and overall qualifications of the applicants.
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.
