OKLAHOMANMADE
Architectural Photography Competition  
There's still time to enter!

 
 
The Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture will host it's annual OKLAHOMANMADE Architectural Photography Competition this April.
 
The Call for Entries is now available with the forms and fees due on February 13, 2015.  Photographs are due on February 27, 2015.  The photography exhibit will be held on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Fitzsimmons Architects.
 
Find our more HERE.
 


Oklinka Hrdy Murals Restored
Oklahoma City University finishes restoration

Oklahoma City University School of Law has been working to conserve and protect two large Olinka Hrdy murals located in the historic Central High School building in downtown Oklahoma City.
 
Hrdy is Oklahoma City's first modern artist. She was born to Czechoslovakian immigrants in a one-room sod hut in Prague, Oklahoma in 1902. After studying at the University of Oklahoma, Hrdy painted murals for Bruce Goff's Riverside Studio in Tulsa and was invited by Frank Lloyd Wright to paint more murals. The murals are extremely rare as most of Hrdy's other murals were destroyed. Only one other Hrdy mural exists and is located in California.
 
The murals were in need of immediate appraisal, repair and protection. Oklahoma City University School of Law took on the project and asked the Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture for assistance. The murals have now been restored and are back in their original location in the historic Central High School building, OCU School of Law.
 
Thank you to Anthony McDermid, Weston DeHart, Kent Sepkowitz, and Fred Niggemeyer for donating to the project.

Here are some images of the process and finished product.
 
Before & Removal



 
 


 




Restore Murals and the Installation:











 

 


KIDesign 2015
Registration now open!

KIDesign is an introduction to architecture and design in the world around us. 1st through 6th grade children will participate in various activities as they learn, create, and design their own projects with members of the local architectural community. 
 
KIDesign is set to take place on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.  The Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture is working to secure sponsorships so that all children can attend this event free of charge. 
 
To register your child or to find out more information on sponsorship (which is tax deductible), please click HERE.
 
 

Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture's 2015 Scholarship Program


The Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture awards two scholarships annually - one each worth $1,000 to a professional degree-track student at The University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University.

  1. Students must be enrolled and working toward an NAAB accredited BArch or MArch degree at OU or OSU.

  2. Students must be enrolled in at least the third year of a BArch program.

Completed applications (including all attachments) must be postmarked no later than March 2, 2015.

 

Find out more HERE!



Architecture Poker Run
Saturday, April 18, 2015

 Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 18, 2015.  The Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture will be hosting its annual Architecture Poker Run but with a twist.  This year's event will be on bicycles through downtown Oklahoma City.  Participants will visit five locations, tour the architecture and draw a card for their poker hand.  We will end at Fitzsimmons Architects where participants will enjoy pizza, beverages and prizes! 
 
So there's no need to know and understand poker, it's the luck of the draw.  But if you love downtown OKC, architecture and biking, this is the event for you! 

Registration information coming soon!