In 1970, the first major retrospective of Bruce Goff’s work opened at the Architectural League of New York—a landmark event that introduced the East Coast architectural community to the full…
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OU Journal Receives 2025 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals
Telesis, a journal produced by students and faculty in the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, has earned first-place with the 2025 Douglas Haskell Award for Student…
OU Urban Design Alumna Presents at the Barcelona Livable Cities Conference 2025
Lahari Peluri, an alumna of the University of Oklahoma’s Urban Design program and Urban Planner III at Freese and Nichols, presented at the Barcelona Livable Cities Conference 2025, hosted by…
Landscape Architecture Graduate Student Speaks at Sustainable Urban Landscape Conference in OKC
Jessica Steele, second-year landscape architecture graduate student, was invited to speak on the topic of Low-Impact Development at this year’s Sustainable Urban Landscape Conference at the Oklahoma City Convention Center.…
City of Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, and University of Oklahoma Awarded Grant for Safe Streets Action Plan
Shawnee, OK – The City of Shawnee, in collaboration with Pottawatomie Go, and the University of Oklahoma (OU), has been awarded a $172,264 planning grant for the 2024-25 period. This grant, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation, will be used to develop a comprehensive Safe Streets Action Plan aimed at enhancing the safety and infrastructure of Shawnee’s streets.
“We Need to Know What Oklahoma is Doing”: National Recognition for OU’s Planning Program
At a recent American Planning Association (APA) and Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) data session during the 2025 ACSP Administrator’s Conference, Oklahoma was recognized as a national leader…
OU Planning Student Named Inaugural Ralph Ochsner Fellow
The University of Oklahoma’s Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture & Design (PLAD) is proud to announce Dez Harris as the inaugural recipient of the Ralph Ochsner Fellowship, a prestigious award…
OU Interior Design Students Receive Awards from the Oklahoma Interior Design Coalition
At the 2025 Oklahoma Interior Design Awards ceremony, senior Grady Morton was awarded the “Best in Student Category” award, and sophomores Ayla Fetters and Maeleigh Drake both received honorable mentions…
OU Architecture Students Honored with Design Scholarships
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to announce the Division of Architecture student winners of the 2025 Shaw Prize, TAP Prize, and MA+ scholarship. The Shaw Prize: Emma…
OU Faculty Explore the Legacy of Mickey Muennig in Big Sur
On June 1, 2025, a group representing the University of Oklahoma’s Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture joined designers, builders, photographers, and curators on an in-depth tour of Mickey Muennig’s…