In 2004, Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee, who died three years prior at age 57, posthumously received the AIA Gold Medal. RECORD’s June issue of that year features the pioneering arc ...

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 ...

Traveling to Hale County, Ala., to see the Rural Studio's modest yet magical works of architecture in their home settings would be the ideal choice. A trip to the National Building Museum is the next ...

In the world of architecture, high design and humanitarianism aren't easily matched. But architect and teacher Samuel Mockbee dedicated his career to merging these two concepts. Though in recent years ...

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio: community architecture organized by David Moos at the Birmingham Museum of Art"--T.p. verso. siris_sil_721382 ...

Get ready for the Music Man. No, not the old Broadway musical. This Music Man is the bigger-than-life Jimmie Lee Matthews, who earned his nickname by constantly blasting soul music through a network ...

For two weeks this fall, about 20 art and architecture students from Auburn University and the University of Hartford ironed leaves, sawed and sanded heavy cardboard tubing, and bound bales of carpet ...

Filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky (an Emmy winner for "The Rural Studio," a portrait of architect Samuel Mockbee) turns her camera close to home for her first feature-length film by documenting her ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — City Arts Center, Oklahoma City’s leading contemporary art space, will host film director Sam Wainwright Douglas, the director of “Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of ...