An integrated Design-Build team of OU students from Construction Science, Architecture, and Interior Design won 1st place at the TEXO Foundation | Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 5 student competition.
The TEXO foundation is an organization that strives to tackle the current construction labor shortage by educating, recruiting, and training the next generation of construction professionals. Their annual competition with the ASC allows students to showcase their skills and network with TEXO member companies. The student teams are challenged with quick turn-around bid proposals and in-person presentations.
This year’s competition took place on Monday, February 20th at Hurst Conference Center in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The teams were given 16 hours to submit a proposal for the adaptive reuse of a vacant retail mall space to a primary care center. The proposal included a conceptual design, cost estimate, design schedule, construction schedule, site logistics plan, and team qualifications.
The winning team was coached by Dr. Tammy McCuen, a professor of Construction Science, and consisted of Gibbs students Ethan Watson (CNS), Ella Bevins (CNS), Nicholas Kissee (CNS), Kade Berryman (CNS), Reilly Tuer (ARCH), and Sam Painter (ID).
Congratulations to our students for this accomplishment!
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.
