Rural Studio Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency
Rural Studio Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency
Author: Oppenheimer A
ISBN: 9781568982922
Edition: 1ST - 2002
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For 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 Alabama's 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 Mockbee's 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 Ext
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