About this title: 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 ...
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Edition: First edition. Illustrated. First edition/ First printing
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781568982922ISBN:1568982925
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Absolutely New! Not a remainder-Gift quality! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781568982922ISBN:1568982925
Description: As New. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Very little wear whatsoever; faint rubbing to the spine bottom. Quite clean. "Rural Studio shows what can happen when harsh necessity meets imagination, skill, and passion. It is also a guide for anyone interested in translating social caring into competent results. " Illustrated. 185 pages. read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, USA
ISBN-13:9781568982922ISBN:1568982925
Description: Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. 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, ... read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
"Rural Studio, founded by Samuel Mockbee, is based on the principle that everyone - regardless of income level - should have access to good, quality architecture. This book is also full of creative ideas for the re-use of reclaimed materials within the architectural context."
"To do something that helps people, is responsible with materials, and is artistically excellent--that is an exciting idea. Here is one way to have a creative career that meets human needs and is others-focused."
"I learned about Samuel Mockbee in a long feature article, maybe from the wire services or NYT, while he was still alive. He captured my imagination as someone who really made a difference in the world, with the most humble of materials --including garbage. And, not only did he help have-nots to have beautiful places to live and hang out, but he taught another generation to practice socially responsible architecture and build similar housing. When I saw a review of this book, I had to have it. It doesn't disappoint. Long on photos and somewhat sparing of text, it never fails to lift me and motivate me. This reminds me of another (lost) book, one I borrowed from a roommate in the 70s and have never forgotten: Handmade Houses: A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art, by Art Boericke and Barry Shapiro. That book included houses made with recycled castoffs and just beautifully crafted structures. The same ethos is behind Rural Studio projects, but the results are more public and the beneficiaries uniformly needy."
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