Tag Archives: Samuel Mockbee

Rebuilding Raleigh – Continued

By Rusty | Published: May 26, 2011

What words of comfort can you give to a person who has lost everything? A person whose home is so desolated that there is more tarp than house. The best I could muster was, “Don’t worry. We’ll take good care of you.” I’m usually pretty good with words, in writing anyway. But after the second […]

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Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of Rural Studio

By Rusty | Published: April 11, 2011

This weekend I had the opportunity to watch Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio. I first heard about the Rural Studio during my sophomore year of college, and I’ve got both An Architecture of Decency and Proceed and Be Bold. If you’re not already familiar with the work of Samuel […]

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