First year interior design students in Professor Suchi Bhattacharjee and Lecturer Rick Skaggs' design studio participated in site visits performing research for their single family residential design projects.
The students were led on a tour of a completed custom home as well as a home under construction by Kelsey Mullins, designer at David Williams Contracting.
They also attended a presentation by Kathy Woods, designer at the Ideal Homes design center. Kelsey and Kathy are both alums of the OU College of Architecture.
Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to recognize Petya Stefanoff, who is pursuing her doctorate in the Planning, Design & Construction (PDC) program, has been appointed the new role of Director of Community Development for the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma. She joined the city in 2024.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design and director of the Institute for Quality Communities, has received national recognition for her book Model Schools in the Model City. The book has been named a finalist for the 2026 the PROSE Awards.
Gibbs College of Architecture Regional + City Planning Professor of Practice Vanessa Morrison and Associate Professor of Architecture Deborah Richards’ Open Design Collective received top honors at the inaugural BlackSpace Urbanist Collective Studio KIN Pitch Night Competition, held last month in Brooklyn, New York City.
