This past weekend, a group of College of Architecture faculty and students, led by Construction Science director Prof. Ben Bigelow, traveled to Houston a second time to volunteer with Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts.
OU Environmental Design student, Emily Gaston, reflected on the experience, “I just wanted to say that when we arrived in the Houston area, I didn’t expect to see so many strong individuals. I expected the amount of damage and all the devastation in people’s lives, but I didn’t expect everyone to be helping one another, feeding one another, and striving forward despite having absolutely nothing.”
Many thanks are due to these selfless members of the OU family, as well as to the sponsors who made this trip possible, including: The Builders Association of South Central Oklahoma; Central Oklahoma Builders Association; Oklahoma State Home Builders Association; Windstone Construction; Accent Glass; McClain Bank; Haworth Homes; CA McCarthy Construction; DAvinci Homes; Custom Builders of Oklahoma; Trinity Hearth & Homes; Patrick O’Dooley; and Westpoint Homes.
To learn more about the trip, visit the OU Construction Science Facebook page.
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.
