Samuel "Sambo" Mockbee is one of my heroes--artist, architect, and teacher. As co-founder of the Rural Studio at Auburn University he had a profound impact on architecture students and disadvantaged residents of rural Alabama. Instead of designing grand skyscrapers, he, with the help of young students, created amazing, low cost housing and community structures often using recycled or inventive materials. Not only were the designs functional, but they were also aesthetically pleasing and filled with spirit. Samuel Mockbee is my hero because he used his great talents to give back to the poor and to help shape young architects. In his words, "That is the reason you go to college, not to make more money, but to gain the knowledge to make this a better world."
Amanda - Circulation
Books featuring Samuel Mockbee:


Proceed and be bold : Rural Studio after Samuel Mockbee / text by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean ; photographs by Timothy Hursley
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