On Thurs., April 4, associate professor of architecture Dave Boeck will present “Where are Design and Construction Industries Going? Collaboration is the future” during the Construction Specification Institute’s 2019 South Central Region Conference in Oklahoma City.
His talk will focus on a specific case study in Lusaka, Zambia. Boeck and John Harris, assistant professor of Regional and City Planning, took six students from the disciplines of Architecture, Regional + City Planning and Landscape Architecture to Lusaka, where they worked on different facility design projects with Family Legacy Ministries International, a Dallas-based ministry. He will share lessons learned through this collaborative experience.
To learn more about the CSI South Central Region Conference, click the link below.
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.
