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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The late architect Samuel Mockbee chose Hale County, Alabama, as a place to teach his students how to "provide a decent community for all citizens." Hale County is one of the poorest counties in the ...

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 ...

If you drive south down State 69 from Tuscaloosa and look out your window, you won’t see much. The University of Alabama’s grand campus of stately brick buildings and mega-mansion sorority houses ...

There are no showtimes for Citizen Architect Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio. You can stream it or buy it on digital platforms below.