Lahari Peluri, an alumna of OU’s Master of Urban Design program, recently contributed to a project that was honored with the prestigious Vernon Deines Award by the American Planning Association’s…
Tag: Planning, Landscape Architecture & Design (PLAD)
University of Oklahoma Landscape Architecture Program Earns Reaccreditation
Gibbs College of Architecture proudly announces the successful reaccreditation of its Landscape Architecture program by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB). Over a period of a year, the Landscape Architecture…
Gibbs Professor Presents Research at International Conference on Urban Affairs
Ladan Mozaffarian, assistant professor in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design, recently participated in the esteemed International Conference on Urban Affairs. This annual event brings together urban-focused researchers,…
Environmental Design Student Designs New Planting Beds Outside Gould Hall
In collaboration with OU Landscape Services, first-year Environmental Design student Justin Jones is designing new planting beds on the east side of Gould Hall. This project ties into Jones’s Field…
PLAD Faculty and Former PLAD Colleague Publish Paper in APA Journal
John Harris, director of the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design, and C. Aujean Lee, former faculty in the Gibbs PLAD division, recently published a paper in the Journal…
Gibbs Faculty Awarded Grant to Work With Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Regional and City Planning faculty John Harris and Charlie Warnken are part of an interdisciplinary team led by the OU Institute for Resilient Environment and Energy Systems. The team was…
Gibbs Students to Help Yukon with Tree Canopy Plan
Each year, OU’s Institute for Quality Communities collaborates with cities across the state on built environment projects that have a positive social impact. During the spring semester, communities are invited to submit…
Institute for Quality Communities Westville Project Awarded TSET Grant
The community of Westville, Oklahoma was recently awarded a Built Environment Grant from the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust to continue implementing a plan developed by OU’s Institute for Quality Communities. TSET Built Environment grants provide…
Landscape Architecture Students Attend 2023 National ASLA Conference
A group of OU graduate Landscape Architecture students recently attended the 2023 National American Society of Landscape Architects Conference in Minneapolis. This ASLA conference is the largest gathering of landscape…
Student Highlight: Landscape Architecture Students Study Abroad in Italy
This summer, Master of Landscape Architecture students Emma Christ and Rajith Kumar Kedarisetty traveled to Italy as part of the OU study abroad program Landscapes of Italy. This program explores…