{"product_id":"rural-studio-samuel-mockbee-and-an-architecture-of-decency-9781568982922","title":"Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor almost ten years  Samuel Mockbee  a recent MacArthur Grant recipient  and his architecture students at Auburn University have been designing and building striking houses and community buildings for impoverished residents of Alabamas Hale County. Using salvaged lumber and bricks  discarded tires  hay and waste cardboard bales  concrete rubble  colored bottles  and old license plates  they create inexpensive buildings that bear the trademark of Mockbees work  which he describes as \"contemporary modernism grounded in Southern culture.\"In a time of unexampled prosperity  when architectural attention focuses on big  glossy urban projects  the Rural Studio provides an alternative of substance. In addition to being a social welfare venture  the Rural Studio--\"Taliesin South\" as Mockbee calls it--is also an educational experiment and a prod to the architectural profession to act on its best instincts. In giving students hands-on experience in designing and building something real  it extends their education beyond paper architecture. And in scavenging and reusing a variety of unusual materials  it is a model of sustainable architecture. The work of Rural Studio has struck such a chord-both architecturally and socially--that it has been featured on Oprah  Nightline  and CBS News  as well as in Time and People magazines.The Studio has completed more than a dozen projects  including the Bryant \"Hay Bale\" House  Harris \"Butterfly\" House  Yancey Chapel  Akron Chapel  Childrens Center  H.E.R.O. Playground  Lewis House  Super Sheds and Pods  Spencer House addition  Farmers Market  Masons Bend Community Center  Goat House  and Shannon-Dutley House. These buildings  along with the incredible story of the Rural Studio  the people who live there  and Mockbee and his student architects  are detailed in this colorful book  the first on the subject.\"I tell my students  its got to be warm  dry  and noble\"--Samuel Mockbee\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648329769013,"sku":"ByrdShop_1568982925","price":21.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781568982922.jpg?v=1781715892","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/rural-studio-samuel-mockbee-and-an-architecture-of-decency-9781568982922","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}