Gibbs College of Architecture dean Hans E. Butzer recently served as a featured speaker during the 2019 Texas Society of Architects Design Conference, “UNEXPECTED.” The event was held this past weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and included a day trip to Bartlesville. The conference included tours of buildings by Bruce Goff and Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as discussions with contemporary architects working in unexpected environments.
Butzer’s lecture, entitled “Bruce Goff and the American School: Impacts on the Teaching and Practice of Architecture,” shared how Goff and other American School educators and practicing architects helped shape contemporary architectural pedagogy, including the academic design-build movement. He also addressed how they became leading advocates for sincere client and community engagement and gave significant momentum to the sustainability movement. He concluded by discussing how these educators and practitioners contributed to an emerging experimentalism with architectural space and form.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture announces John Harris as Associate Dean for Research ad interim, effective Aug. 25, 2026, until the permanent position is filled.
Gibbs College is pleased to announce the 2026 Gibbs College Faculty & Staff Awards recipients. These individuals were recognized by Dean Butzer during the Gibbs College Back to School Meeting and will be honored during the Celebration Banquet in October. They were nominated by their colleagues via an open nomination process.
Telesis, the Gibbs College of Architecture’s student journal, has been awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts to support its next two issues, “Pause” (Volume IX) and “React” (Volume X).
