Dr. Tiziana Proietti, assistant professor of Architecture and Interior Design and director of the Sense|Base Laboratory at OU, is the recipient of a 2023 Junior Faculty Fellowship (JFF). Awarded by the Research Council of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships office at the University of Oklahoma, the program is designed to support tenure-track faculty establish their research and creative activities.
Dr. Proietti’s fellowship supports the development and completion of her in-progress monograph and textbook Hans van der Laan’s Instruments of Thought: Architectural Theory, Proportion and Analogy. The book, a result of decades-long study, focuses on the role of architectural proportion in contemporary architectural practices inspired by the work of Dutch architect and Benedictine monk Hans van der Laan (1904-1991).
Co-authored with Dr. Kees den Biesen and under contract with Routledge, the book includes a series of 100 illustrations of tools and exercises based on original drawings by Proietti. An expanded version of the exercises is presented in Analogia, an in-progress, interactive companion website created in partnership with OU Digital Learning Offices and Bizzell Library Emerging Technologies Office.
Congratulations to Dr. Tiziana Proietti for receiving this well-deserved fellowship! Learn more about Dr. Proietti and her work.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that alumnus Gary Armbruster, FAIA, ALEP was one of five individuals nationally named an "ICON in Education." Learning By Design magazine, in partnership with Tarkett North America.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture mourns the passing of alumnus J. Todd Scott, FAIA, whose career was dedicated to documenting, preserving and reimagining historic architecture across the country.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture announces John Harris as Associate Dean for Research ad interim, effective Aug. 25, 2026, until the permanent position is filled.