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.
Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to recognize Petya Stefanoff, who is pursuing her doctorate in the Planning, Design & Construction (PDC) program, has been appointed the new role of Director of Community Development for the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma. She joined the city in 2024.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design and director of the Institute for Quality Communities, has received national recognition for her book Model Schools in the Model City. The book has been named a finalist for the 2026 the PROSE Awards.
Gibbs College of Architecture Regional + City Planning Professor of Practice Vanessa Morrison and Associate Professor of Architecture Deborah Richards’ Open Design Collective received top honors at the inaugural BlackSpace Urbanist Collective Studio KIN Pitch Night Competition, held last month in Brooklyn, New York City.
