The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture will be hosting an OU Alumni + Friends Reception during the upcoming 2022 AIA National Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Join us Wednesday June 22, 2022 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Woven & Bound restaurant, for a come and go reception hosted by Dean Hans Butzer. The reception will include a toast to Dean Butzer's elevation to FAIA.
Location
Marriott Marquis Chicago
2121 S. Prairie Ave
Chicago, IL 60616
The hotel and restaurant are connected by a walkway to the McCormick Place Convention Center.
For more information or to request accommodations, contact Hans Butzer (butzer@ou.edu).
The University of Oklahoma College of Architecture is proud to announce that Model Schools in the Model City, authored by Director of the Institute for Quality Communities, Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., has been named one of ten finalists for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize for Best New Book in African American History and Culture.
This semester, students in the LA 5535 Studio: Ecological Planning and Design, led by Prof. Afsana Sharmin, took on an ambitious hypothetical project to redesign key parts of the OU campus. Their mission: to tackle the critical real-world challenge of stormwater management through innovative green design.
Petya Stefanoff, Chair of the Educational Committee with the American Planning Association, Oklahoma Chapter (APA-OK) and Gibbs College PhD candidate, has developed a new training program for local government officials. The program, focused on land use, zoning principles, and land development, recently certified its first graduates with Certified Citizen Planner status.
