Students in the Graduate 4 Architecture Design Studio, led by professors Amy Leveno and Awilda Rodriguez, spent two days exploring Dallas as part of their studio work centered on Dallas City Hall and the surrounding downtown area.
The trip began with a guided tour of Dallas City Hall hosted by Councilman Paul Ridley and led by Marcus Watson, Chief Planner and Historic Preservation Officer for the City of Dallas, followed by research at the Dallas Archives. Students also visited the historic Statler Dallas and Interurban Building, an adaptive reuse housing project, and toured the offices of Perkins&Will, where Design Director Ron Stelmarski shared insights on the firm’s design of the new Dallas Convention Center.
The group continued their circuit through Klyde Warren Park and the Dallas Arts District, finishing at the Nasher Sculpture Center, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The field trip gave students a firsthand look at downtown Dallas’s civic, historical, and cultural fabric, providing valuable context to inform their studio design projects.
Telesis, a journal produced by students in the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, has earned first place in the 2026 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals for its seventh volume, “Unfold.” This marks the fourth time the publication has earned recognition for excellence in student architectural journalism. It shares the honor with student journals from Columbia University, University of Michigan, and Cal Poly.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Thinh "Henry" Duong, a master's student in the Division of Interior Design, for earning first place in the 2026 Robert Bruce Thompson Annual Student Light Fixture Design Competition.
Gibbs College of Architecture Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Director and Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) faculty member Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., recently published a new book, Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum.
