Four studios, two undergraduate level and two graduate level, of architecture students have been working on a project designing housing and community space for all abilities in the Norman area. The undergraduate…
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IQC Collaborates with ACOG to Help Develop Three Oklahoma Communities
In 2020, the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) reached out to the University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) to ask for assistance with their Community Economic Resiliency Initiative (CERI).…
IQC and OU Students Conduct Historic Preservation Survey for Okemah
In the spring of 2020, the town of Okemah, Oklahoma requested design assistance from the Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) through the Oklahoma Municipal League. In fall of 2020, twenty-five undergraduate students…
IQC Hosts Quality Communities Retreat
In the Fall of 2020, the Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) hosted their first Quality Communities Retreat, sponsored by Mayors’ Institute on City Design and Oklahoma Municipal League. This retreat was broken into…
IQC works with OU Interior Design Students to design Afton Farmer’s Market
In Spring of 2020, leaders of Afton, Oklahoma, reached out to the University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) for assistance for a project to create a Farmer’s Market at the Park. They sought to turn the former Afton City…
IQC and OU Students Develop Pathways for Growth for Tullahassee, Oklahoma
This past spring the University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) worked with twenty-one students in the Environmental Design Practicum class in order to collaborate with community leaders of Tullahassee, Oklahoma…
IQC Holds Park Workshop for Communities of Hollis, Lone Wolf, and Stroud
This spring the University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) held a community parks workshop for the communities of Hollis, Lone Wolf, and Stroud. All three communities had existing park space…
Ideal Homes & Neighborhoods Announces New Wheelchair-Accessible Homes
NORMAN, OKLA. – Homes that make life easier for people with mobility limitations are now under construction at Ideal Homes & Neighborhoods communities in Norman, Moore and Stillwater. These homes…
University of Oklahoma Partners With Wichita and Affiliated Tribes on Mobile Medical Unit
NORMAN, OKLA. – Faculty and students in the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma partnered with the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes to develop a mobile…
IQC Interns Partner with City of Edmond on Placemaking
Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) interns, Kyler Smith and Reilly Tuer spent their semester rethinking pedestrian spaces in downtown Edmond, Oklahoma. Kyler and Reilly both recently completed their third year…