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A person giving a lecture during the 2022 Placemaking Conference.

Gibbs College Lecture Series

Each semester, Gibbs College welcomes leading practitioners and scholars who are shaping the future of our allied disciplines. Through inspiring lectures by visionaries such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Samuel Mockbee, Rick Lowe, Beatriz Colomina, Steven Lewis, Odile Decq, Toni Griffin, and many others, Gibbs College has cultivated a rich legacy of connecting students with influential voices from across the U.S. and around the world.

Upcoming Lectures

Featured Conference

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Placemaking Conference

March 20, 2023

The Placemaking Conference is a biennial event inviting students, advocates, professionals, and civic leaders to learn from leading experts on topics and techniques in community development. The event is held at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, and has drawn attendees from sixty Oklahoma counties and 14 states.

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Featured Conference

Schools of Thought: Rethinking Architectural Pedagogy, a conference hosted by the University of Oklahoma from March 5 to 7, 2020.

Schools of Thought

March 05, 2020

In the Spring of 2020, the University of Oklahoma (OU) hosted “Schools of Thought: Rethinking Architectural Pedagogy,” a conference designed to bring together scholars, architects, and designers to explore questions about how we teach design.

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Lecture Series Archive

View historic lectures by Frank Lloyd Wright, Samuel Mockbee, and Bruce Goff

Historic Lectures on YouTube

* Lecture made possible with support from the Bruce Goff Chair for Creative Architecture

** IQC Placemaking Conference lecture

2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
  • Andrew Greenlee
  • Matthew Cohen*
  • Jeffrey Mansfield
  • Jeremy McLeod
  • Kia Weatherspoon**
  • Don Ruggles
  • Mukul Malhotra**
  • Allison Quinlan**
  • Melody Warnick**
  • Arti Harcheckar**
  • Jane Jenkins**
  • Fernando Costa**
  • Trinity Simons Wagner**
2021-2022
  • Saskia Sassen*
  • Traci Rose Rider*
  • Jesús Vassallo*
  • Matteo Jean Pietrobelli*
  • Adedoyin Teriba*
  • Resilient Futures Symposium*
  • Karen Kubey*
  • C. Greig Crysler*
  • Shiloh Krupar*
  • Cheryl Lockstone and Barrett Williamson of Anishinabe Design*
  • Joel Mendez
  • Jesús Vassallo*
  • Miriam Solis
2020-2021
  • Beatrice Bruscoli*
  • Scott Schlimgen*
  • Itohan Osayimwese*
  • Billy Fleming*
  • Latin American Architecture & Urban Development Systems*
  • Steven Lewis*
  • Madison Swayne*
  • Jennifer Rittler*
  • Irene Hwang*
  • Luftwerk*
  • Safer During COVID-19
2019-2020
  • John Arroyo
  • Schools of Thought Conference*
  • Beatriz Colomina*
  • American School Symposium*
  • 2019 Placemaking Conference
  • BlackSpace Oklahoma
  • Allison Bailey**
  • Jill Brown DeLozier**
  • Mick Cornett**
  • Laura Hoagland**
  • Rick Lowe * **
  • Elena Madison**
  • Lauren Nitschke**
  • Kennedy Smith**
  • Dylan Thuras**
  • Kelly Tompkins**
2018-2019
  • Vernice Miller-Travis*
  • Richard Farley, FAIA*
  • Rick Lowe*
  • Paul Mankins (RTA Lecture)
2017-2018: Architects of the American School, Part 1
  • Donald MacDonald, FAIA*
  • Eddie Jones*
  • Brian Phillips, FAIA*
  • Mayor Jim Brainard**
  • Victor Dover**
  • Toni Griffin**
  • Patrick Kennedy**
  • Fred Kent**
  • Mike Lydon**
  • Susan Silberberg**
  • Marcus Westbury**
2016-2017: Organic Architecture and the American School
  • Ryan Gravel*
  • Luca Guido*
  • Patrick Teague*
  • Simon Teyssou*
  • James Richards*
  • Jason McClennon*
  • Herb Greene*
2015-2016: Women in Architecture
  • Deborah Berke*
  • Deborah Richards*
  • Leila Araghian*
  • Odile Decq*
  • Mariela Alfonso**
  • Candy Chang**
  • Carol Coletta**
  • Karen Lee**
  • Vincent LoVoi**
  • Chuck Marohn**
  • Wilfred McClay**
  • Tripp Muldrow**
  • Tom Murphy**
  • Gil Penalosa**
  • Jeffrey Tumlin**
2014-2015: Creating_Making Conference
  • E.B. Min*
  • Kirsten Murray, FAIA*
  • Robert Fishman*
  • Andrew Freear*
  • Jonathan Segal*
2013-2014: Re-imaging Sub-urban America
  • Barry Bergdoll*
  • Allen Eskew*
  • Nonya Grenader, FAIA*
  • Eric Lloyd Wright*
  • Dan Burden**
  • Sid Burgess**
  • John Cock**
  • Hank Dittmar**
  • Ellen Dunham-Jones**
  • Ron Frantz**
  • Richard Jackson**
  • Ethan Kent**
  • Christopher Leinberger**
  • Jason Roberts**
  • Donovan Rypkema**
  • Jeff Speck**
2012-2013: Dialectics in Architecture
  • Rob Rogers of RMA*
  • Gisue Hariri of Hariri & Hariri*
  • Roberto de Leon and Ross Primmer*
2010-2011:Creating Making
  • Sheila Kennedy*
  • Craig Borum, FAIA*
  • Marlon Blackwell*
  • Susan Szenasy*
2009-2010: Building the Organic City
  • Sebastian Schmaling*
  • Russell Claus*
  • Sinclair Black*
  • Jim Burnett and Jereck Boss of The Office of James Burnett*
2008-2009: Centrally Isolated
  • Julius Shulman*
  • Wendell Burnette*
  • Coleman Coker*
  • Brian MacKay-Lyons*
  • Elizabeth Chu, FAIA* 
  • David Baker*
2007-2008: Blue Sky, Green City
  • Antoine Predock*
  • Jeff Speck*
  • Stephen Luoni* 
  • Mary Margaret Jones*
  • Jaime Lerner*
2006-2007: The Sketch in the Digital Age
  • David Lewis, FAIA*
  • Paul Laseau* 
  • Michael Rotondi, FAIA*
  • Chris Sharples*
2005-2006: The Value and Values of the Architect
  • Bryan Bell* 
  • Michael Benedikt*
  • Dana Cuff*
  • Ed Feiner*
2004-2005: Invention & Innovation
  • Susan Szenasy* 
  • Stephen Kieran*
  • Sheila Kennedy* 
  • Steve Patmon*
  • William Massie* 
  • Timothy MacFarlane*
2003-2004: Re-defining the Edge: Goff’s 100
  • Lebbeus Woods*
  • Herb Greene* 
  • Shannon Nichol*
  • Gilles Saucier*
  • Raveevarn Choksombatchai* 
  • Heinz Emigholz*
2002-2003: Crafting Places
  • Dr. Steven Moore*
  • Nader Tehrani* 
  • James Cutler, FAIA*
  • Marlon Blackwell* 
  • Bob Berkebile*
  • Craig Dykers* 
  • German Samper*
2001-2002: Between Somewhere and Sustainability
  • Pliny Fisk* 
  • Sim Van der Ryn*
  • David Lake, FAIA*
  • Rand Elliott, FAIA* 
  • Lawrence Speck, FAIA*
  • Carol Ross Barney, FAIA*
2000-2001
  • John Kay, MAIBC*
  • Betsey Dougherty, FAIA*
  • Robert Oshatz* 
  • Julie Snow, FAIA*
  • Linda Searl, FAIA* 
  • Amy Weinstein, FAIA*
  • Susan Maxman, FAIA*
1999-2000
  • Jim Olson, FAIA* 
  • Eddie Jones, FAIA*
1998-1999
  • Arthur Dyson, AIA*
1997-1998
  • John Belle, FAIA* 
1996-1997
  • Will Bruder* 
  • Michael Pyatok, FAIA*
  • Steve Badanes* 
  • Stanton Eckstut, FAIA*
1995-1996
  • Samuel Mockbee, FAIA*
1994-1995
  • Ian McHarg, FASLA*
1993-1994
  • Donald MacDonald, FAIA* 
  • Stanley Saitowitz*
  • James Wines*
1992-1993
  • Bart Prince* 
  • Douglas Cardinal, RCA*
1991-1992
  • Joseph Esherick, FAIA*
  • Ralph Rapson, FAIA*
1990-1991
  • Gunnar Birkerts, FAIA*
Gibbs College of Architecture
Gould Hall
830 Van Vleet Oval
Norman, OK 73019
Phone: (405) 325-2444
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