Angela Person and Stephanie Pilat, faculty in the OU Division of Architecture, were recently announced as recipients of the 2023 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society. The prize is awarded by Columbia University’s Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).
Person and Pilat received this award for their course proposal “Resilient Futures: Reimagining Habitation in Energy Country.” Oklahoma faces a complex set of challenges due to its energy infrastructure, weather-related vulnerabilities, and unique refugee occupancy. This course explores how architects, scientists, artists, and activists can work together to address the pressing habitation needs of this region that are heightened by its changing climate. This course builds on the Spring 2022 “Resilient Futures” course that Person and Pilat offered with support from PhD student and teaching assistant Felipe Flores.
Five exemplary course proposals were selected to receive a cash prize and support to teach these courses at ACSA host institutions across the world. Each of these proposals will be presented at the ACSA 111th Annual Meeting. Learn more about this award and see the full list of recipients.
Congratulations to Angela Person and Stephanie Pilat for this achievement!
Gibbs College of Architecture (GCA) alumnus Tony Wu has spent nearly two decades at Pelli Clarke & Partners, rising to Senior Associate and leading projects on an international scale. His most recent notable work, a transit-oriented development in Yibin, China, earned national recognition in the country and was featured on ArchDaily.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Tim Stephens has accepted the position of Senior Director of Development for Gibbs College, beginning April 15, 2026.
Dr. Khosrow Bozorgi, professor of Architecture at the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma, is advancing a major research project that examines how societies across time and place have organized the built environment in strikingly similar ways.
