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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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2002.Description: v, 185 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1568982925
  • 9781568982922
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.71176143 21 RUR
Contents:
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
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Short Loan Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 720.71176143 RUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 156854

Includes bibliographical references (p. 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

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

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