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 Gibbs Design in Action Awards (GDAA) program, led by Dr. Wanda Liebermann, has announced its 2026–2027 funded student projects. The initiative supports design and research work that addresses social, cultural, and economic issues in the built environment through collaboration with faculty and community partners.
The OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) 2024 collaboration with the Historic Threatt Filling Station has been recognized in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's newly released Byways Report: The Scenic Route to Rural Prosperity – a story-driven publication exploring how road trip culture and place-based tourism can fuel economic growth in rural communities.
The Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Camille Germany, Chief of Staff, has been named the 2026 recipient of the university-wide Jennifer L. Wise Good Stewardship Award.
