Earlier this month, a team of seven Construction Science and Interior Design students attended Design and Construction Week in Orlando, Florida. This week features both the National Association of Home Builders’ International Builders Show (IBS) and the National Kitchen and Bath Association’s Kitchen and Bath Industry Show.
The National Assocation of Home Builders also hosts a student competition during Design and Construction Week where students from across the county are given the opportunity to apply skills learned in the classroom to a real construction company by completing a management project and proposal. The student teams are given a description of a property and must prepare a proposal to develop the property, including but not limited to market analysis, site design, cost estimate and schedule, and sustainability.
Elisabeth Walgreen, an OU student team member, said, “The International Builder’s Show was such a great experience not only for our own project development presentation, and getting to work with some students outside of our own division within the college, but also to get the opportunity to walk the show floor, meet industry professionals, and even get to see and test some new products hitting the market.”
The student team, led by Bryan Bloom an assistant professor of Construction Science, included Elisabeth Walgreen (4th year Interior Design), Campbell Homen (4th year Interior Design), Matthew Dawson (4th year Construction Science), Zac Tucker (4th year Construction Science), Peter Wright (4th year Construction Science), and Brick Hulin (3rd year Construction Science).
Robert L. Wesley, a pioneering architect and beloved mentor, has died at age 88. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Wesley joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in 1964 and became the firm's first Black partner in 1984. Throughout his career, he contributed to significant architectural projects while maintaining a strong commitment to civic engagement and professional mentorship.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to celebrate a series of recent accomplishments by Dr. Jim Collard, Professor of Practice in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design, whose work continues to shape conversations around Indigenous economic development nationally and internationally.
University of Oklahoma Gibbs College of Architecture Dean Hans E. [PA1.1]Butzer returned to one of his most significant works on December 15, joining survivors and past and present board members for the groundbreaking of a $15.8 million expansion of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.
