Spotlight on Design: Samuel Mockbee

Audio from the National Building Museum

Series: Spotlight on Design
Presented By: Samuel Mockbee
Date Recorded: January 20, 2000

Architect Samuel Mockbee has earned national recognition as the director of the Rural Studio in remote Hale County, Alabama, where he trains Auburn University architecture students to design and build homes for the county’s poor residents. In his presentation, Mockbee discusses the Rural Studio, his design philosophy, and several of his own residential, commercial, and institutional buildings.

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