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 ...

House 66, one of two Front Porch Initiative prototypes built in Opelika, Alabama, is the first Passive House–certified building in the state. It is also built to the Insurance Institute for Business & ...

Andrew Freear (left) and Reggie Walker (right) sit under a floating roof constructed by the Rural Studio in Hale County, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2023. Freear is the director of the Rural Studio. Housing ...

In the world of architecture, high design and humanitarianism aren't easily matched. But architect and teacher Samuel Mockbee dedicated his career to merging these two concepts. Though in recent years ...

In rural Alabama, a university architecture programme is rebuilding the civic infrastructure of long-neglected towns, one project at a time. To reach the tiny town of Newbern, Alabama, you take a long ...

Since the 1990s, the Araucanía region of Chile has been the site of intensifying conflict between indigenous Mapuche communities and the government, which has permitted large forestry contractors and ...

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio: community architecture organized by David Moos at the Birmingham Museum of Art"--T.p. verso. siris_sil_721382 ...

After designing an incredibly cheap home, the 20K Initiative is now working with Fannie Mae and others to redesign mortgages and the other factors that make home ownership so expensive. Finalists Of ...

Selected as one of ArchDaily's Best New Practices for 2024, Mix Architecture bases in Nanjing, China, took their approaches honed from rural China to the city, dealing with projects across different ...

Rural environments are often difficult to define in administrative and professional contexts and carry notable biases and complexities. Population and density thresholds are the most common ...

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