Deborah Richards and Angela Person, assistant professors of Architecture, were recently announced as recipients of the 2023 Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) Award for Design. The JAE Award was instituted in 1985 and is now given annually for outstanding peer-reviewed articles published in the Essay, Design, Narrative, and Image categories during the preceding academic year.
Richards and Person were honored for their 2022 article, “Equity & Dignity by Design.” The article discusses Richards’s collaboration with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) to create design guidelines for PPFA affiliates across the United States. Read the full article.
Both Richards and Person will be recognized during the 2023 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture annual meeting in St. Louis.
Congratulations to Deborah Richards and Angela Person for this accomplishment!
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.
