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…
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IQC Interns Work to Improve Busy Midwest City Intersection
OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) interns and architecture students Brandon White and Jackson Ware recently undertook a redesign project for a busy intersection in Midwest City. They worked together…
IQC Interns Develop Layouts for a Combined Police and Fire Public Safety Center in Langston
OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) interns Kayarash Karami and James Nemeth developed conceptual layouts for a combined police and fire public safety center in response to the City of Langston’s proposal for a new building. Nemeth is a fifth-year architecture student, and Karami…
IQC Interns Create Streetscapes in the OKC Asian District
OU students Alexander Downum and Ricardo Silva recently completed a conceptual project for the Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) in the Asian District of Oklahoma City. For this project, they were invited to create a new…
OU Architecture Students Team with Local Design Studio to Support City of Edmond
This article originally appeared in the June 1, 2021, AIA COC newsletter. Since February, höffnerdesignstudio has been host to OU Gibbs College of Architecture students Reilly Tuer and Kyler Smith.…
OU Institute for Quality Communities Welcomes New Associate Director
Vanessa Morrison has been named the Associate Director of the Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) at the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture (GCA). Vanessa is an…
Environmental Design Student Work Featured in the “State of Retail 2020” Publication
The work of Environmental Design students was featured in a special report by the Independent Shopkeepers Association (ISA) of Oklahoma, the State of Retail 2020. Students in the Environmental Design…
OU Institute for Quality Communities Offers List of Placemaking & Community Building Resources During COVID-19
The University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Quality Communities is pleased to offer a list of engaging resources and ideas that support placemaking and community building during COVID-19, whether you’re a…
IQC and Volunteers Construct Capitol Hill Pop-Up Plaza
The Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) has been working with Oklahoma City’s Capitol Hill commercial district, Calle Dos Cinco, to build a plaza for the community. This past summer, the…
Institute for Quality Communities Hosts Mayors’ Institute on City Design
The Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) at the University of Oklahoma (OU) hosted a regional session of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD) in Oklahoma City, OK on November…