Dean of the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture Hans E. Butzer, AIA LEED AP, and his business partner Torrey A. Butzer, Assoc. AIA, were invited to speak at a University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Architecture sponsored workshop. The event focused on the October 1, 2017, tragedy in which 58 people were killed while attending the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas. Other speakers invited to the January 25, 2021, event included psychologists and survivors of the shooting.
Hans and Torrey shared their perspective on shaping, designing, and constructing memorials in an era when transparency, equity, and diversity are critical to developing a sense of belonging through place-making.
Featured image: A temporary memorial in Las Vegas honors the 58 victims of the mass shooting that took place there on October 1, 2017. Drew Angerer/Getty Images.
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.
