Oklahoma-based artist Harvey Pratt, a member of the Cheyenne Nation and Vietnam War Veteran, collaborated with Gibbs College Dean Hans Butzer and Torrey Butzer on the design of the new National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial opened on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2020.
Featured press about the opening:
Featured image: Alan Karchmer/National Native American Veterans Memorial
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture professor and Institute for Quality Communities Director Dr. Amber N. Wiley’s book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, has received two major honors from the Urban History Association.
Research initiated by Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumna Naila Hasan during her master’s studies at the University of Oklahoma has continued through faculty collaboration and resulted in a peer-reviewed publication in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce Esther Thorp, Tyler Boydstun and Chukwuma Nwokoye as the winners of the 2026 Construction Innovation Translation Hub (CIThub) Student Ideas Competition.
