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Under the direction of Construction Science instructor, twelve Gibbs College students recently completed a building for the Osage Forest of Peace campus in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.
The new “American School” structure will provide climate-controlled storage space for the forest operations. Students who participated in the construction project included Christian Andrews, Patrick Barton, Emily Carter, Carl Davis, Yana Dyachkova, Sean Harrell, Randall Kinnaman, Sam McKee, Caleb Nosak, Dominic Perez, Benjamin Sell, and Cooper Williams.
The project also included contributions from Gibbs College dean Hans E. Butzer, Director of Construction Science Ben Bigelow, Professor of Architecture Andres Cavieres, and Urban Design Studio Director Shawn Schaefer.
Above: The team frames the structure on the Osage Forest of Peace campus.
A project designed by Gibbs College of Architecture faculty member Austin Lightle has been selected for BuildFest 2026, a national art and architecture festival held at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in New York, on the historic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.
Two Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture alumni are helping shape recommendations that could influence affordable housing design and construction across Oklahoma.
The University of Oklahoma Libraries recently welcomed Carl Siegel as an Architecture Librarian and Archivist and Assistant Professor. In his role, Siegel supports students, faculty and staff across the Gibbs College of Architecture while also serving as archivist for the American School of Architecture Archives.
