Interior Design students in the Commercial Design Studio visited 21c Museum and Hotel in Oklahoma City as part of their precedence study for a boutique hotel project they are working on this semester.
A facilities tour was provided by General Manager of 21c, Matt Cowden.
Located in a former Model T Ford assembly plant designed by Albert Kahn in 1916, 21c was designed by New York-based Deborah Berke Partners and opened in 2016.
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The Gibbs Design in Action Awards (GDAA) program, led by Dr. Wanda Liebermann, has announced its 2026–2027 funded student projects. The initiative supports design and research work that addresses social, cultural, and economic issues in the built environment through collaboration with faculty and community partners.
The OU Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) 2024 collaboration with the Historic Threatt Filling Station has been recognized in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's newly released Byways Report: The Scenic Route to Rural Prosperity – a story-driven publication exploring how road trip culture and place-based tourism can fuel economic growth in rural communities.
The Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Camille Germany, Chief of Staff, has been named the 2026 recipient of the university-wide Jennifer L. Wise Good Stewardship Award.
