Students from the Urban Design Studio teamed up with the Tulsa Young Professionals and the Tulsa Planning Office to facilitate a design workshop on July 23rd for high-school students participating in the Junior Real Estate Ambassadors Institute.
Small groups of students created and presented schemes for the removal of Interstate 244 in Downtown Tulsa. The students learned about the development history of the historic Greenwood District, made future town plans, and designed street sections for the district. They received feedback from community members and real estate professionals.
All the teams received scholarships to support future studies.
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.
