Proceed and Be Bold Rural Studio after Samuel Mockbee

Name: Proceed and Be Bold Rural Studio after Samuel Mockbee
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ISBN: 9781568985008

ISBN-10: 1568985002

ISBN-13: 9781568985008

Edition: 2005

Authors: Andrea Oppenheimer Dean, Timothy Hursley

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"Everyone, rich or poor, deserves a shelter for the soul." Samuel Mockbee Based on this simple premise, in 1992 Samuel Mockbee launched the Rural Studio to create homes and community buildings for the poor while offering hands-on architecture training for coming generations. Choosing impoverished Hale County, Alabama, for his bold experiment, Mockbee and his Auburn University students peppered this left-behind corner of the rural South with striking buildings of exceptional design. Most use recycled and curious materials: hay bales, surplus tires, leftover carpet tiles, even discarded 1980 Chevy Caprice windshields. The publication of Rural Studio brought this innovative work to the…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 3/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Andrea Oppenheimer Dean is former Executive Editor of Architecture Magazine & a published author. She lives in Washington D. C.

Timothy Hursley is an architectural photographer who regularly contributes to the international press.



Rural studio reacts to its loss


Lucy's house


Shiles House


Antioch Baptist Church


Under Andrew Freear, the pace intensifies


HERO storefront


Akron Senior Center


Perry Lakes Park Pavilion


Room for Essie and Jab


Personalized projects both big and small


Red barn


Music man's house


Perry Lakes Park facilities


Newbern Little League Baseball Field


Thomaston Rural Heritage Center


Ever-changing, the Rural Studio remains a moving target


Avery organic vegetable stand


Ola Mae's porch


Utility now! : bicycle street sweepers


Bodark Amphitheater


Patrick House


Experiencing the Rural Studio : interviews with students, a teacher, and a client


Building a pavilion



Another dimension of Sambo