Bruce Goff’s Design Vocabulary: A Synthesis of Music, Art and Architecture, by OU alumnus Ernest E. Burden, is a 350-page full-size, full-color e-book available in a PDF format at discounted price of $19.95 for OU students, faculty and alumni.
A link to purchase Bruce Goff’s Design Vocabulary: A Synthesis of Music, Art and Architecture can be found on Ernest Burden's webite, along with more information.
From the author…
You will learn about the life and works of this creative organic architect, from the earliest to the last. You will see remarkable images of work done by students during Goff’s tenure. Many have never been published before. They were photographed from the archives during Goff’s tenure as director. These drawings were taken from the archives when Goff departed, including my own. Many are now gifted back to the new OU archives, where they shall remain.
Get access to the detailed tenets of Goff’s iconic Arch 273 class. Over 20 pages present text and illustrations of this unique class, taken directly from my handwritten classroom notes. Intimate details tell how the Bavinger house was constructed. Un-built work is also displayed in still images captured from superb video animations.
In this digital age of virtual learning, this e-book is the format that provides portability, ease of viewing and brilliant color displays of Goff’s art and architecture as you have never witnessed before.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Dr. Tamar Zinguer, Associate Professor of Architecture, has been selected to participate in the prestigious 2026 Summer Residency at the National Humanities Center (NHC).
Tanvin Mahtub Fariha, a first-year Master of Landscape Architecture student in the Gibbs College of Architecture and a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design, has earned recognition for her work.
A team of Construction Science and Architecture students from the Gibbs College of Architecture made their mark on the national stage this week, earning third place out of 37 universities competing at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Student Competition, held during the International Builders' Show in Orlando, February 16-18, 2026.
