Rural Studio : Samuel Mockbee and an architecture of decency / text by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean ; photographs by Timothy Hursley ; and essays by Lawrence Chua and Cervin Robinson.

Main entry:

Dean, Andrea Oppenheimer.

Title & Author:

Rural Studio : Samuel Mockbee and an architecture of decency / text by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean ; photographs by Timothy Hursley ; and essays by Lawrence Chua and Cervin Robinson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

v, 185 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185).
Mason's Bend 14 -- Newbern 64 -- Sawyerville 94 -- Greensboro and Thomaston 120 -- Akron 138 -- Rural Studio at Work: Interviews with Students, a Teacher, and a Client 154 -- In Praise of Shadows: The Rural Mythology of Samuel Mockbee / Lawrence Chua 162 -- Photographing Hale County / Cervin Robinson 172.

Summary:

Looks at the architecture program at Auburn University, known as the Rural Studio, and shows how director Samuel Mockbee has honored his belief that architecture should be an ethically responsible profession by putting students to work creating homes for the poor in Alabama.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1568982925 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781568982922 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Mockbee, Samuel.
Mockbee, Samuel 1944-2001
Auburn University. Department of Architecture. Rural Studio.
Architecture Study and teaching Alabama Hale County.
Vernacular architecture Alabama Hale County.
Sustainable architecture Alabama Hale County.
Low-income housing Alabama Hale County.
Architecture Étude et enseignement Alabama Hale.
Architecture vernaculaire Alabama Hale.
Architecture durable Alabama Hale.
Pauvres Logement Alabama Hale.
Architecture Study and teaching
Low-income housing
Sustainable architecture
Vernacular architecture
Architektur
Bildband
Arquitetura (estudo e ensino) Alabama.
Arquitetura vernacular.
Casas (aspectos econômicos)
Alabama Hale County

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)

Added entries:

Hursley, Timothy, 1955-
Chua, Lawrence, contributor.
Robinson, Cervin, contributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220486
Call No.: NA2300.A9 D43 2002
Status: Available

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