Graduate students enrolled in ARCH 5543, “Research and Critical Writing,” have collaborated to edit the latest edition of _543: The OU Architectural Theory and Criticism Journal.
For the first issue, graduate student editors Ashley Darden, Melanie Blake, Colin Bost, Jizelle Childers, Solomon Harrison, and Donovan Linsey selected the following essays:
For the second issue, graduate student editors Coralie Ehrhart, Chanae Abernethy (Carter), Breecia Crawford, Orestja Habilaj, and Hannah Reed selected the following essays:
Essays are authored by students enrolled in sections of ARCH 4543/5543, “Research and Critical Writing” taught by Stephanie Pilat, Angela Person, Francesca Giani, and Dayton Clark. This is the fourth volume of _543, which appears each spring semester.
“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.
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.
