The 2021 CODAawards jury has voted, selecting the “Top 100” most successful design projects that integrate commissioned art into an interior, architectural, or public space. We’re pleased to share that the exhibition design for “Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture,” a recent partnership between Gibbs College and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, was listed among the “Top 100!” It appears on the list alongside the work of prestigious international artists and designers, including Olafur Eliasson, Paul Cocksedge, and others.
What’s next?
We hope you’ll consider voting for “Renegades” for People’s Choice by June 30, 2021. To cast your vote, click the button below and search for “Renegades” (Ctrl+F on PC or Command+F on Mac), then click the orange “VOTE” button found underneath the “Renegades” title on the awards website.
About “Renegades”
The exhibition “Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture” tells the story of dramatic change in architectural education under the guidance of Bruce Goff, Herb Greene and others at the University of Oklahoma in the 1950s and ‘60s. The show debuted at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in January 2020, and is now available in an online interactive format on the Gibbs College website. Learn more
About the CODAawards
The internationally acclaimed CODAawards celebrate the projects that most successfully integrate commissioned art into interior, architectural, or public spaces. Commissioned Art Matters – and the CODAawards celebrate this. The CODAawards program honors the individuals and the teams whose collective imaginations create the public and private spaces that inspire us every day. Learn more
Telesis, a journal produced by students in the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, has earned first place in the 2026 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals for its seventh volume, “Unfold.” This marks the fourth time the publication has earned recognition for excellence in student architectural journalism. It shares the honor with student journals from Columbia University, University of Michigan, and Cal Poly.
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.
