Master of Urban Design students from the Urban Design Studio hosted a community design workshop for Tulsa’s B.S. Roberts Park on December 8th. Community members were able to learn about the park, offer ideas for park improvements and meet the student team in charge of placemaking efforts. The students are working with the Greenwood Cultural Center to reactivate B.S. Roberts Park, which is located along Greenwood Ave, in the middle of the area destroyed by the 1921 Race Massacre.
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.