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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 Mockbee (1944-2002) undertook in Hale County, Ala., where he recruited architecture students to help design and build free homes for impoverished residents. Andrea Oppenheimer Dean, a former executive editor at Architecture magazine, and photographer Timothy Hursley, an architectural photographer who has been documenting Rural Studio for nine years, present 132 color and 12 b&w photos of the warm, modern homes (which often incorporate recycled and natural materials like tires and hay bales) and discuss them with Mockbee, his students and the home owners. The work has been featured on Oprah, Nightline, CBS News and in Time and People.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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This book is a revelation. It displays, for the first time in book form, the accomplishments of one of the most celebrated architectural studios in America, the Rural Studio, led by Samuel Mockbee of the Auburn University School of Architecture. Mockbee ran this studio for ten years until his tragic death from leukemia last year at the age of 57, a year after winning a MacArthur genius award. His students and associates created some of the most interesting and innovative architecture in the United States by serving the humblest needs of some of the poorest people in the most neglected counties of Alabama and Mississippi. About a dozen houses, churches, playgrounds, pavilions, and community centers are represented here in elegant photographs by Hursley, the unofficial photographer of the studio, and in concentrated prose by Dean, a former executive editor of Architecture magazine. The book includes descriptions of each project, interviews with students and clients, instructive essays on key topics, and a complete bibliography of the Rural Studio. Recommended to studio art as well as architecture programs. Peter Kaufman, Boston Architectural Ctr.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Is this book really about architecture?,
This review is from: Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee & an Architecture of Decency (Paperback)
I cannot fault any book about Mockbee's inspired work too much, but when I bought this I was expecting to learn about the architecture in greater detail. Instead this book is mostly a profile of the "clients". With some exceptions, the photos demonstrate how the new projects are destined to quickly become like the shacks they replace because the "clients" don't take care of their new homes. So much for well-meaning gifts of social housing...
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5.0 out of 5 stars
As a rural studio alumni...this book is highly recomended.,
This review is from: Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee & an Architecture of Decency (Paperback)
Being a rural studio alum, I can say with confidence how much Sambo Mockbee and the rural studio have touched my life. This book should be read by anyone that views architecture as something that affects us as humans asthetically as well as socially. This book and the story it has to tell is wonderful! And to Sambo....you are truly missed, your spirit and "whoople-dust" will forever live on in the minds that you inspired.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A beautiful book, but slightly lacking,
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This review is from: Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee & an Architecture of Decency (Paperback)
I have been an admirer of the work of the Rural Studio from the start and couldn't wait to get this book... The photos are beautiful and touching, but the book is lacking in drawings (i.e. plans) and text. I was hoping for more about the thoughts and processes that students put into the designs, the role of Sam Mockbee in it all, and some architectural drawings that would more comprehensively showcase the projects
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