Congratulations to OU alumnus Brian Phillips and American School architects Eddie Jones and Arthur Dyson for being elevated the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows in 2021. Phillips, Jones…
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“Renegades” American School Book Named Finalist for the College Arts Association’s Barr Jr. Award
Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture (OU Press, 2020) has been named a finalist for the College Art Association’s 2021 Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award honoring the…
Remembering Charles Ward, 1924 – 2020
Charles William Ward September 11, 1924 – November 23, 2020 Charles W. Ward, Jr. died on November 23, 2020 in Tulsa. He was 96. Charles served Gibbs College as member of…
Remembering Robert L. (Bob) Faust, 1932 – 2020
Robert Lawrence (Bob) Faust March 15, 1932 – November 11, 2020 Robert L. (Bob) Faust, who was born on March 15, 1932, passed away peacefully at his home after a…
“Renegades” American School Exhibition Reviewed in Journal of Architectural Education
The “Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture” exhibition, a collaboration of the Gibbs College of Architecture and Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, recently received a favorable…
University of Oklahoma American School Archive Receives Significant Donald MacDonald Collection
The American School Archive, part of the University of Oklahoma (OU) Libraries’ Western History Collection, recently acquired the Donald MacDonald Collection, including thousands of items representing the life’s work of…
“Bruce Goff’s Design Vocabulary: A Synthesis of Music, Art and Architecture” Available at a Discount to OU Students, Faculty and Alumni
Bruce Goff’s Design Vocabulary: A Synthesis of Music, Art and Architecture, by OU alumnus Ernest E. Burden, is a 350-page full-size, full-color e-book available in a PDF format at discounted…
American School Featured on Cover of “College and Research Libraries News”
The October 2020 (vol. 81, no. 9) issue of College and Research Libraries News, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries, features student work by Robert Faust…
American School Project Receives Recognition During U.K. Conference
The American School Project, a joint effort between University Libraries and the Gibbs College of Architecture to document the work of OU’s architecture program, recently received a shout-out at the…
“Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture” Exhibition Available Online
Though the “Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture” exhibition at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art had to close early due to the Spring 2020 COVID-19…