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Samuel Mockbee
American architect (1944-2001) · United States · On the map · Architects · Died at 57
Samuel Mockbee was an American architect and a co-founder of the Auburn University Rural Studio program in Hale County, Alabama.
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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.
