Archinect - News2024-05-03T04:04:57-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150340756/a-new-gift-will-keep-the-legacy-of-the-american-school-alive-at-the-university-of-oklahoma-s-college-of-architecture
A new gift will keep the legacy of the American School alive at the University of Oklahoma's College of Architecture Josh Niland2023-02-28T13:53:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1a/1ab38e682cf2c469efe5db2f2886e1b9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new landmark donation to the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture at the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/17270/the-university-of-oklahoma" target="_blank">University of Oklahoma</a> will help preserve the legacy of the American School, one of the most important movements within midcentury modernism, thanks to the generosity of legendary professor <a href="https://gibbs.oucreate.com/architecture/remembering-robert-l-bob-faust/" target="_blank">Bob Faust</a>’s widow Sherry.</p>
<p>The multimillion gift will go towards maintaining the school’s archive, hiring a curator to oversee the collection and coordinate exhibition programming around it, creating a permanent exhibition space in the lobby of Gould Hall, an annual fellowship, and a four-year funded professorship for special research projects related to design topics.</p>
<p>The college’s Division of Architecture director Stephanie Pilat said the professorship is designed in a “flexible way,” adding it would come with a salary stipend and a budget to pursue projects related to the American School. “It will provide support for that library which supports this important history, and it will provide funding for a curator of ...</p>