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June 16, 2025

OU Architecture Students Honored with Design Scholarships

The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to announce the Division of Architecture student winners of the 2025 Shaw Prize, TAP Prize, and MA+ scholarship.


May 01, 2025

Architecture Students Explore NYC During Field Trip

A group of 21 undergraduate Architecture students from the Gibbs College of Architecture recently embarked on a weeklong field trip to New York City. Accompanied by Professors Amber Brown, Paolo Sanza, and Francesco Cianfarani, the students immersed themselves in the vibrant architectural culture of Manhattan and Brooklyn, visiting landmark sites and award-winning design firms.


February 11, 2025

“Do Not Try to Remember” Exhibition Explores Renegade Architects Who Transformed Bay Area Design

In the mid-20th century, a group of renegade architects broke all the rules, shaping a uniquely American vision of design. Now, their work comes to life in Do Not Try to Remember: The American School of Architecture in the Bay Area, an archival exhibition opening February 20, 2025, at San Francisco’s Center for Architecture + Design.


October 29, 2024

Gibbs College of Architecture’s Outré West Symposium Highlights Rich History of the American School of Architecture

The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture recently hosted the Outré West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California exhibition symposium. Held on October 18, 2024, at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, the event drew more than 100 attendees.


October 04, 2024

Gibbs College to Host “Outré West Symposium,” Architectural Tours October 17-18

Join Gibbs College for the “Outré West Symposium” on October 17 and architectural tours on October 18, 2024. Featuring gallery tours of the Outré West exhibition, presentations on mid-century architecture, a reception and architectural tours, these events offer an opportunity to learn more about the American School of Architecture, which was born in Oklahoma and thrived in California!


August 26, 2024

OU Architecture Celebrates Grand Opening of “Outré West” Exhibition

The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture proudly announces the highly successful opening of the Outré West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California exhibition. Held on August 22, 2024, at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, the event drew hundreds of attendees


July 24, 2024

OU Architecture Faculty Opens “Outré West” Exhibition at Oklahoma Contemporary

The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma is pleased to announce the exhibition “Outré West: The American School of Architecture from Oklahoma to California,” meticulously curated by Gibbs faculty members Dr. Angela Person, Dr. Stephanie Pilat, and Marco Piscitelli. The exhibition also features significant contributions from faculty and students across the college and beyond.


January 22, 2024

Gibbs Faculty Awarded Research Enhancement Funding to Pursue Projects

Seven faculty members from the divisions of Regional and City Planning, Architecture and Interior Design were recently awarded funding through Gibbs College’s Program for Research Enhancement. These grants of up to $6,500 are available to full-time faculty members of Gibbs College to support their research and creative activities.


November 01, 2023

Architecture Students Travel to Arkansas for Field Trip

A group of 30 undergraduate and graduate Architecture students recently traveled to Arkansas for a two-day field trip. Accompanied by Professors Amy Leveno, Amber Sarmiento and Alan Moring, the students toured an award-winning Architecture studio and visited various architectural sites in Bentonville and Fayetteville.


May 02, 2023

OU Architecture, Interior Design to Welcome 3 Faculty Fellows in Fall 2023

OU’s Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce the appointment of three new faculty members in its Divisions of Architecture and Interior Design in the Fall 2023 term. Gibbs College is grateful to the many search committee members and others around campus who made this process a success.


March 02, 2023

Arch. Faculty Leads DeafSpace Design Charrette with Jeffrey Mansfield

Jeffrey Mansfield, principal at the Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS) Design Group and director of MASS’s Deaf Space and Disability Justice Design Lab, assisted OU Architecture faculty in leading a five-day design charrette. Mansfield encouraged students to explore DeafSpace design principles in their projects.


November 02, 2022

Arch. Students Travel to Arkansas and Kansas

Thirty-eight architecture undergraduate and graduate students recently took a two-day field trip to Bentonville, Arkansas and Wichita, Kansas. The students visited multiple architecture offices and firms as well as toured the Crystal Bridges Museum and Exploration Place.