Main entry:

Freear, Andrew, 1967- author.

Title & Author:

Rural Studio at twenty : designing and building in Hale County, Alabama / Andrew Freear and Elena Barthel, with Andrea Oppenheimer Dean ; photography by Timothy Hursley.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2014]
©2014

Description:

288 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Learning in West Alabama -- Educating the Citizen Architect -- The Three Programs -- Teaching Tools -- Becoming the Town Architect -- Client Houses -- Willie Bell's House -- Christine's House -- Rose Lee's House -- Community Project -- Newbern Firehouse -- Newbern Town Hall -- Hale County Animal Shelter -- Akron Boys and Girls Club -- Thomaston Rural Heritage Center -- Pyramid Learning Center -- Hale County Hospital Courtyard -- Safe House Black History Museum -- Perry Lakes Park -- Lions Park -- Into The Future -- 20K House -- Thinnings -- Rural Studio Farm -- Farmers' Markets -- Voices.

Summary:

"For two decades the students of Auburn University's Rural Studio have designed and built remarkable houses and community buildings for impoverished residents of Alabama's Hale County, one of the poorest in the nation. Our critically acclaimed bestseller Rural Studio (2002) showed how salvaged lumber, bricks, discarded tires, hay-and-waste cardboard bales, concrete rubble, colored bottles, carpet tiles, and old license plates were transformed into inexpensive buildings that were also models of sustainable architecture. Rural Studio at Twenty chronicles the evolution of the legendary program, founded by (MacArthur Genius Grant and AIA Gold Medal winner) Samuel Mockbee, and showcases an impressive portfolio of projects. Part monograph, part handbook, and part manifesto, Rural Studio at Twenty is a must-read for any architect, community advocate, professor, or student as a model for engaging place through design"-- Provided by publisher.
"This book describes the complex mix of attributes that has made the Rural Studio unique: its teaching methods, the design and construction processes of its student teams, the relationship it has forged with its West Alabama community, and much more. The book also takes a broad look at a series of critically acclaimed projects that illustrate the evolution of the Rural Studio's work and the successes and failures of its unique teaching model"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781616891534 (pbk.)
161689153X (pbk.)

Subject:

Auburn University. Department of Architecture. Rural Studio.
College of Architecture, Design and Construction 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.
Arquitectura Enseñanza Alabama Hale Country.
Arquitectura vernacula Alabama Hale Country.
Arquitectura sustentable Alabama Hale Country.
Architecture Étude et enseignement Alabama Hale.
Architecture vernaculaire Alabama Hale.
Architecture durable Alabama Hale.
Pauvres Logement Alabama Hale.
ARCHITECTURE Individual Architects & Firms Monographs.
Architecture Study and teaching.
Low-income housing.
Sustainable architecture.
Vernacular architecture.
Landschaftsgebundenes Bauen
Alabama Hale County.
Alabama West

Added entries:

Barthel, Elena, author.
Dean, Andrea Oppenheimer, writer of introduction.
Hursley, Timothy, 1955- photographer.
Barthel, Elena author.
Dean, Andrea Oppenheimer author of foreword.
Hursley, Timothy, 1955- illustrator.

Designing and building in Hale County, Alabama

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286465
Call No.: BIB 226816
Status: Available