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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 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, Children's Center, H.E.R.O. Playground, Lewis House, Super Sheds and Pods, Spencer House addition, Farmer's Market, Mason's Bend Community Center, Goat House, and Shannon-Dutley House

Architecture --- Vernacular architecture --- Sustainable architecture --- Low-income housing --- Processus de création --- Ecole d'architecture --- Enseignement technique --- Programme scolaire --- Projet d'architecture --- Study and teaching --- Mockbee, Samuel --- Auburn University. --- Rural studio --- Architecture vernaculaire --- Architecture durable --- Pauvres --- Étude et enseignement --- Logement --- Mockbee, Samuel, --- Mockbee, Samuel. --- Auburn university (Ala.). --- Rural Studio --- 72.07 --- 72.038(7/8) --- Architectuur ; Hale County ; Alabama ; 1990-2000 ; S. Mockbee --- Rural Studio ; Hale County, Alabama --- Studentenwerk ; architectuuronderwijs ; Auburn University --- Vernaculaire ; traditionele ; synthese met hedendaagse architectuur --- Architectuur ; voor de armen --- Mockbee, Samuel 1944-2001 (°Meridian, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten) --- Bouweconomie --- Duurzame woningbouw --- Hergebruik ; van afvalmateriaal --- Samuel Mockbee --- architectuur 20e eeuw --- Verenigde Staten --- architectuur --- 72.038 --- Architecten. Stedenbouwkundigen A - Z --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 ; Amerika --- Architecture, Anonymous --- Architecture, Indigenous --- Architecture, Vernacular --- Folk architecture --- Indigenous architecture --- Traditional architecture --- Eco-architecture --- Environmentally conscious architecture --- Environmentally friendly architecture --- Green architecture --- Green building design --- Green design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design --- Poor --- Housing --- Inclusionary housing programs --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Design and construction --- Mockbee, Sambo --- Etude et enseignement --- Architecture, Primitive --- Architecture - Study and teaching - Alabama - Hale County. --- Vernacular architecture - Alabama - Hale County. --- Sustainable architecture - Alabama - Hale County. --- Low-income housing - Alabama - Hale County. --- Étude et enseignement