Samuel Mockbee
1944–
Introduction
Samuel Mockbee (December 23, 1944 – December 30, 2001) was an American architect and a co-founder of the Auburn University Rural Studio program in Hale County, Alabama. After establishing a regular architectural practice in his native Mississippi, Mockbee became interested in the design and construction problems associated with rural housing in Alabama and Mississippi. Soon after joining the faculty of Auburn, Mockbee established the Rural Studio with educator Dennis K. Ruth to provide practical training for architecture students in an environment where their efforts could address the problems of poverty and substandard housing in underserved areas of the southern United States. Mockbee went on to receive numerous awards for his work, including a MacArthur Foundation grant that he used to further the work of the Rural Studio.
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Introduction
Mockbee founded the Rural Studio (Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama), a group of architecture students who design and build houses for low-income rural African American families.
Roles
Artist, architect, teacher
ULAN identifier
500034043
Names
Samuel Mockbee
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