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.
Robert L. Wesley, a pioneering architect and beloved mentor, has died at age 88. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Wesley joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in 1964 and became the firm's first Black partner in 1984. Throughout his career, he contributed to significant architectural projects while maintaining a strong commitment to civic engagement and professional mentorship.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to celebrate a series of recent accomplishments by Dr. Jim Collard, Professor of Practice in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design, whose work continues to shape conversations around Indigenous economic development nationally and internationally.
University of Oklahoma Gibbs College of Architecture Dean Hans E. [PA1.1]Butzer returned to one of his most significant works on December 15, joining survivors and past and present board members for the groundbreaking of a $15.8 million expansion of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.
