Gibbs College of Architecture dean Hans E. Butzer recently served as a featured speaker during the 2019 Texas Society of Architects Design Conference, “UNEXPECTED.” The event was held this past weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and included a day trip to Bartlesville. The conference included tours of buildings by Bruce Goff and Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as discussions with contemporary architects working in unexpected environments.
Butzer’s lecture, entitled “Bruce Goff and the American School: Impacts on the Teaching and Practice of Architecture,” shared how Goff and other American School educators and practicing architects helped shape contemporary architectural pedagogy, including the academic design-build movement. He also addressed how they became leading advocates for sincere client and community engagement and gave significant momentum to the sustainability movement. He concluded by discussing how these educators and practitioners contributed to an emerging experimentalism with architectural space and form.
Gibbs College is pleased to present the exhibition 200 Digital Drawings by Professor Tiziana Proietti, currently on display in the Gould Hall Living Room.
Gibbs College of Architecture Professors Amber Brown and Amy Leveno led 29 students to Dallas, Texas, in September for a learning experience as part of their Design 7 Studio course.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture professor and Institute for Quality Communities Director Dr. Amber N. Wiley’s book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, has received two major honors from the Urban History Association.
