Ryan Bermudez, CoA Interior Design senior, recently won the OU Boundless Design #CreateChallenge with his submission titled “Daedalus.” The competition theme was “Creatures,” and submissions were created using Google Tilt Brush, a Virtual Reality (VR) application that allows you to paint using both traditional paint simulations and special effects in litless 3d space and the HTC Vive VR system. Open to members of the OU community and public, the competition was sponsored by the OU Innovation Hub, OU Libraries and HTC Vive.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture professor and Institute for Quality Communities Director Dr. Amber N. Wiley’s book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, has received two major honors from the Urban History Association.
Research initiated by Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumna Naila Hasan during her master’s studies at the University of Oklahoma has continued through faculty collaboration and resulted in a peer-reviewed publication in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce Esther Thorp, Tyler Boydstun and Chukwuma Nwokoye as the winners of the 2026 Construction Innovation Translation Hub (CIThub) Student Ideas Competition.
