by OU IQC | Mar 18, 2025 | Blog, Events, Featured Posts
The next Placemaking Conference, a cornerstone program of the OU Institute for Quality Communities, is now scheduled for Spring 2027. While the conference has traditionally occurred every two years, this adjusted timeline allows the IQC team to ensure a meaningful and...
by Natalie Young | Apr 30, 2024 | Blog, Events, Featured Posts
During the Spring 2024 semester, the Institute for Quality Communities, Environmental Design Practicum, and Interior Design Studio IV students worked in collaboration with the community of Taft; one of Oklahoma’s 13 surviving Black townships and what was once a...
by OU IQC | Dec 15, 2020 | Blog, Events, Featured Posts
This fall, we hosted a new program called the Quality Communities Retreat sponsored by the Mayors’ Institute on City Design and Oklahoma Municipal League. Between two retreat sessions, we gathered representatives from eight Oklahoma communities, along with a...
by OU IQC | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog, Events, Featured Posts, Lectures
Support for this Program This event is supported by funding from the United States Conference of Mayors through the MICD Partnership. The Mayors’ Institute on City Design is a National Endowment for the Arts initiative in partnership with the United States...
by Shane Hampton | Dec 20, 2019 | Blog, Events, Featured Posts, Workshops
IQC hosted the Mayor’s Institute on City Design for a regional session in Oklahoma City November 20-22. 7 mayors and 7 resource team members in fields related to design, planning, and development came together for two days of meetings. Each mayor brought a...
by Shane Hampton | Mar 29, 2018 | Blog, Events, Featured Posts
17 students in the Environmental Design Practicum course took on a special project in Blanchard, as part of partnership between the City of Blanchard, Oklahoma Municipal League, and Institute for Quality Communities. After several weeks of studying street design...
