by Shane Hampton | Feb 21, 2012 | Blog
Jason Roberts, who gave an excellent talk at our Streets for People lecture in September, returned to OU recently for the TEDXOU Conference. Jason’s Better Block Project has continued to attract national attention throughout the year, with several new projects...
by Shane Hampton | Feb 7, 2012 | Blog, Featured Posts
A few months ago, my post about Urban Design in Territorial Oklahoma included this photo of some two-story wooden storefront structures in Oklahoma City, taken sometime not long after the Land Run in 1889: I also went to the digital archives of the...
by Shane Hampton | Feb 2, 2012 | Blog, Featured Posts
Students in the IQC’s first academic course this spring recently took a trip to Pauls Valley via the Heartland Flyer to scope out the site of their first project. Owners Larry and Jenny Wallace, of Pauls Valley, gave a tour of the property to the students, along...
by Shane Hampton | Dec 7, 2011 | Blog, Featured Posts
A while back, we told you about Meagan Vandecar, a student at OU Tulsa’s Urban Design Studio, and her project focusing on her town of Depew, Oklahoma. In mid-November, several IQC staff members met with Meagan and groups from the Tulsa Urban Design Studio and...
by Shane Hampton | Sep 28, 2011 | Blog, Featured Posts
NOTE: Another post with more details on this topic, focusing on territorial live-work buildings is now available HERE. We live in a world of buzz words and trending topics. When it comes to community design and planning, there is no shortage of emerging labels...