Each semester, Gibbs College welcomes leading practitioners and scholars who are shaping the future of our allied disciplines. Through inspiring lectures by visionaries such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Samuel Mockbee, Rick Lowe, Beatriz Colomina, Steven Lewis, Odile Decq, Toni Griffin, and many others, Gibbs College has cultivated a rich legacy of connecting students with influential voices from across the U.S. and around the world.
The Lemon Family Distinguished Speaker Series in Community and Real Estate Development is an annual collaboration between the Gibbs College of Architecture and the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma. Featuring Jared Della Valle, CEO and Co‑Founder of Alloy Development, the Inaugural Lecture in Fall 2025 set the tone for a series dedicated to exploring how design and development shape communities and strengthening cross‑college engagement.
The Bruce Goff Chair of Creative Architecture Lecture Series celebrates the pedagogical legacy of Bruce Goff by bringing distinguished designers, thinkers, and practitioners to the University of Oklahoma each year. Grounded in Goff’s empathy for students, clients, and the environment, the series connects the Gibbs College community with leading voices shaping contemporary design, planning, and construction worldwide.
View historic lectures by Frank Lloyd Wright, Samuel Mockbee, and Bruce Goff, as well as lectures from recent Goff Lecture Series on YouTube. A record of previous lecturers can be found in the lists below.
* Lecture made possible with support from the Bruce Goff Chair for Creative Architecture
** IQC Placemaking Conference lecture
Architects of the American School, Part 1
Organic Architecture and the American School
Women in Architecture
Creating_Making Conference
Re-imaging Sub-urban America
Dialectics in Architecture
Creating Making
Building the Organic City
Centrally Isolated
Blue Sky, Green City
The Sketch in the Digital Age
The Value and Values of the Architect
Invention & Innovation
Re-defining the Edge: Goff’s 100
Crafting Places
Between Somewhere and Sustainability