Dr. Bryce Lowery, an Associate Professor of Regional + City Planning, was recently quoted in an article about digital billboards in The Wall Street Journal.
Public debates in cities like San Diego, Madison, Austin and Los Angeles continue to suggest ongoing disagreements about where bright digital displays should be permitted in cities: part of vibrant commercial districts, but unwanted in residential communities. According to Dr. Lowery, “The use of public visual space for private interest has always sparked people. The digital billboards have just transformed the conversation.”
Dr. Lowery suggests a collaborative approach that brings advertising companies, communities and land use planners together. Collectively, they can explore innovative ways to create commercial vibrancy while promoting the quality of life for residents.
Learn more about this debate and read the full article.
Feature Image courtesy of Nantes Metropole/Rodolphe Delaroque.
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.
