Second year Interior Design students at the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, led by faculty members Mia Kile and Rick Skaggs, are partnering with the National African American Jazz Legacy Museum on a design project.
To kick off the project, Rosetta Funches, co-founder of the museum, joined by museum board members, recently presented memories of Oklahoma City, its history and the origins of jazz to the class. The students are now developing interior design proposals for the new museum, which will be built in Oklahoma City.
A project designed by Gibbs College of Architecture faculty member Austin Lightle has been selected for BuildFest 2026, a national art and architecture festival held at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in New York, on the historic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
Two Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumni are helping shape recommendations that could influence affordable housing design and construction across Oklahoma.
The University of Oklahoma Libraries recently welcomed Carl Siegel as an Architecture Librarian and Archivist and Assistant Professor. In his role, Siegel supports students, faculty and staff across the Gibbs College of Architecture while also serving as archivist for the American School of Architecture Archives.
