Collection: Samuel Mockbee Papers | Archival Collection Guides

Scope and Contents

This collection contains Samuel Mockbee's sketch of a project that he submitted to the "Design USA" program, an initiative between the United States and Russia.

Dates

1990

Conditions Governing Access

Good

Conditions Governing Use

Open

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Mockbee ("Sambo” to those who knew him) was an architect, educator and artist who dedicated his life to teaching, and to providing sustainable, low-cost homes to those who could not afford them. As the co-founder of the Rural Studio in Alabama, and as a professor at Auburn University, he co-created a program dedicated to building houses, community centers and other structures for the residents of poverty-stricken Hale County, Alabama, while introducing his students to the merits and possibilities of their chosen art form. (Source: samuelmockbee.net)