Architecture Professor René Peralta was invited to be a judge for the new Archinect competition, Generative Futures: An AI + Architecture Storytelling Challenge. This competition aims to address the potential opportunities, challenges, and implications of AI on creativity, cities, and humanity.
Generative Futures is part of Archinect In-Depth, a new initiative that explores the most pressing and transformative subjects in the architecture community. In addition to the competition, this series will include a variety of feature articles and news coverage investigating the impact of AI on design studios, construction sites, urbanism, and other core architectural realms.
The competition is open to all and will be judged by a stellar jury of figures from the design world. Entrants are invited to submit an essay accompanied by story images that imagine the future of the built environment through the lens of artificial intelligence.
Submissions will close on Monday, June 12, at 6:00 p.m. The winners of the competition will receive a cash prize, a year-long subscription to the Morpholio Trace and SketchArch Pro apps, and a publication on Archinect and Bustler’s editorials and social media pages.
The Gibbs Design in Action Awards (GDAA) program, led by Dr. Wanda Liebermann, has announced its 2026–2027 funded student projects. The initiative supports design and research work that addresses social, cultural, and economic issues in the built environment through collaboration with faculty and community partners.
The OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) 2024 collaboration with the Historic Threatt Filling Station has been recognized in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's newly released Byways Report: The Scenic Route to Rural Prosperity – a story-driven publication exploring how road trip culture and place-based tourism can fuel economic growth in rural communities.
The Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Camille Germany, Chief of Staff, has been named the 2026 recipient of the university-wide Jennifer L. Wise Good Stewardship Award.
