Career
He was in the first graduation class of Tulsa Central High School. He was then educated at the Armour Institute (later part of Illinois Institute of Technology) in Chicago, Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture in 1925.
He returned to Tulsa, where he began practicing.
He received his Oklahoma license in architecture in 1929, which he maintained until his death. Although much of his work was done solo, he was a principal in three partnerhips in Tulsa:
Redlich & Koberling, 1929-1931 (F West Redlich)
Fleming & Koberling 1933-1937 (Noble B, Fleming)
Koberling & Brandborg, 1946-1956 (Lennart Brandborg)
Even while he was working outside a partnership, Koberling collaborated with several other architects on notable projects.
These included Frank West. Atkinson, Bruce Goff and Leon Senter. The table below lists some of the projects in which Koberling participated.
He created several houses, especially in Tulsa, which are still in use as private residences.
In 1924, before he received his license as an architect, he worked with Bruce Goff on the design of a residence and studio for their high school teacher, Adah Robinson. He is probably best known in architectural circles for his work designing Will Rogers High School in 1936. He is credited with designing what he called, "..101 features that we hoped would make an attractive as well as a functional building." This school, still in use, has been called ".. one of the best examples of Art Deco high school architecture..in the United States." Koberling collaborated on the project with Frank Atkinson and Leon Senter.
Koberling also designed the 1949 addition to the school.
Koberling died June 8, 1990. He was buried June 11, 1990 in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa.
