“PIVOT: A Turning Point for Youth” was recently recognized by ULI Oklahoma for its Tiny Homes Project with the “Outstanding Community Building Effort” Impact Award. The 501(c)3 non-profit organization invited local architects to donate their services for the design of 280 square foot homes as part of their 85-home campus master plan.
Gibbs College faculty Deborah Richards of Script Architecture and Hans E. Butzer of BAU_Butzer Architects and Urbanism both saw their respective firms donate designs for tiny homes to the effort.
Currently in construction, the homes can be seen at the PIVOT site near NE 50th St. and N Walnut Ave in Oklahoma City.
Norman-based developer and sculptor Richard McKown helped lead the effort that resulted in government funding for this important initiative.
BAU’s tiny house design.
Featured Image: Script Architecture’s rendering of a tiny home interior
Telesis, a journal produced by students in the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, has earned first place in the 2026 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals for its seventh volume, “Unfold.” This marks the fourth time the publication has earned recognition for excellence in student architectural journalism. It shares the honor with student journals from Columbia University, University of Michigan, and Cal Poly.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Thinh "Henry" Duong, a master's student in the Division of Interior Design, for earning first place in the 2026 Robert Bruce Thompson Annual Student Light Fixture Design Competition.
Gibbs College of Architecture Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Director and Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) faculty member Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., recently published a new book, Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum.
