Oklahoma City-based architecture firm höffnerdesignstudio recently announced that it has been named a finalist in the 27th annual IIDA Will Ching Design Competition. Michael Höffner, a faculty member in the Division of Architecture is principal of höffnerdesignstudio.
“We are excited to announce the exceptional finalists of this year’s Will Ching Design Competition,” said IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl Durst, Hon. FIIDA. “The projects chosen this year are truly representative of commercial interior design excellence and are indicative of the high level of innovation boutique firms can achieve.”
The finalists were chosen by a jury of design experts, including Verda Alexander, IIDA, co-founder, O+A; Gary Lee, IIDA, president, Gary Lee Partners; and Krista Ninivaggi, IIDA, Allied ASID, founder, K&CO.
The winning project will be announced in April 2019 and will be honored at the IIDA black-tie gala, Silver, on June 9, 2019.
Telesis, the Gibbs College of Architecture’s student journal, has been awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts to support its next two issues, “Pause” (Volume IX) and “React” (Volume X).
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design and director of the Institute for Quality Communities, has been named to the shortlist for the Museum of African American History (MAAH) Stone Book Award for her book, Model Schools in the Model City. The book was one of 14 titles selected from 158 eligible submissions for the 2026 award.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to announce the release of Telesis “Design_less,” the eighth volume of its student-led journal.
