Regional + City Planning Assistant Professor Bryce Lowery recently authored the article “Outdoor Advertising: Landmark of the Experience Economy,” published in The Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding. It traces the history of outdoor advertising as part of the American Landscape, a landmark of entertainment centers epitomized by the bright lights of Times Square. Today signage is adapting to the spatial reorganization of cities in ways that continue the tradition of signifying the experiences of urban life by reinforcing the location of entertainment districts and engaging consumers through new technologies.
Read the open access publication online at the Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding website.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture announces John Harris as Associate Dean for Research ad interim, effective Aug. 25, 2026, until the permanent position is filled.
Gibbs College is pleased to announce the 2026 Gibbs College Faculty & Staff Awards recipients. These individuals were recognized by Dean Butzer during the Gibbs College Back to School Meeting and will be honored during the Celebration Banquet in October. They were nominated by their colleagues via an open nomination process.
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).
