Hans E. Butzer Email & Phone Number

Hans is an architect, teacher, urban designer, developer, and investor who exercises his passion for crafting buildings and places for people through teaching and practice. Hans is the co-founder of Butzer Architects and Urbanism (BAU), together with his partner Torrey A. Butzer, Assoc. AIA. Collaborating since 1990, the Butzers lead a multi-disciplinary team that explores place-making through award-winning architecture and urban design. Notable works such as the Oklahoma City National Memorial, the Skydance Bridge and the SLIVR exemplify Hans’s ambitions for performance-based building that is fiscally, environmentally, and socially sustainable. Alongside his practice, Hans is Dean of the University of Oklahoma’s Christopher C Gibbs College of Architecture, where he has taught since 1999. He holds the titles of Mabrey Presidential Professor and A. Blaine Imel, Jr. Professor. As Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, his teaching and research focus on resilience as an extension of ethics, efficiency, community and high design. Hans is the 2016 Recipient of the American Institute of Architects Award for Public Architecture. He is licensed in the State of Oklahoma and earned a German architecture license from the state of North-Rhine/Westphalia. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. Hans is a LEED Accredited Professional. Since the dedication of the Memorial in 2000, Hans has been active in the central Oklahoma community through his pro bono work and involvement with various community boards.

Listed skills include Architectural Design, Architecture, Urban Design, Sustainable Design, and 12 others.