Of the many things that impressed me about Samuel Mockbee, two in particular stood out. The first was that his work truly made a difference. An architect and professor of architecture at Auburn ...

“Citizen Architect” aims to inspire, and does so with one basic idea: Architecture is for the people dwelling within it. What is a home, a workplace or house of worship without the souls inside it?

Get ready for the Music Man. No, not the old Broadway musical. This Music Man is the bigger-than-life Jimmie Lee Matthews, who earned his nickname by constantly blasting soul music through a network ...

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In an era marked by celebrity architects and grand cultural projects, it is all the more honorable that the American Institute of Architects has awarded its 2004 Gold Medal to Samuel Mockbee, a ...

A new documentary profiles the late Samuel Mockbee, founder of Auburn University’s Rural Studio–which taught students by building houses in rural Alabama. (Above: 2008’s $20,000 Loft House in ...

For two weeks this fall, about 20 art and architecture students from Auburn University and the University of Hartford ironed leaves, sawed and sanded heavy cardboard tubing, and bound bales of carpet ...

This striking, luminously illustrated compendium from artist Nabil collects Palestinian folklore from Jerusalem’s Old City. The tales, many of them first-person encounters with Continue reading » ...

The genius of an architect who made beautiful and functional homes out of inexpensive materials is celebrated in Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency. The book showcases work ...

Here are a few quick details to keep in mind about the documentary flick. Citizen Architect Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio starring has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 57 min ...

In commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the founding of The Rural Studio at Auburn University AFS presents a special fundraising screening of Sam Wainwright Douglas’ documentary about the ...

Students in Auburn University`s Rural Studio program, founded in 1993 by architect Samuel "Sambo" Mockbee (1944-2001), confront the problem of building for the residents of the Alabama counties known ...