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 Proceed and Be Bold: Rural Studio After Samuel Mockbee $30.00 "Everyone, rich or poor, deserves a shelter for the soul."?Samuel MockbeeBased on this simple premise, in 1992 Samuel Mockbee launched the Rural Studio to create homes and community buildings for the poor while offering hands-on architecture training for coming generations. Choosing impoverished Hale County, Alabama, for his bold experiment, Mockbee and his Auburn University students peppered this left-behind corner of the rural South with striking buildings ofexceptional design. Most use recycled and curious materials: hay bales, surplus tires, leftover carpet tiles, even discarded 1980 Chevy Caprice windshields. The publication of Rural Studio brought this innovative work to the public, and?five printings later?continues to affect the way people view architecture. Since Mockbee's death in 2001, the Rural Studio has continued to thrive, a tribute to its founder's vision. In 2004, the American Institute of Architects posthumously awarded Mockbee its highest honor, the Gold Medal for Architecture. Under Mockbee's successor, Andrew Freear, the studio has seeded southwest Alabama with an additional seventeen architectural landmarks, and all are shown here. With thoughtful text from Andrea Oppenheimer Dean and stunning photographs by Timothy Hursley, this new book explains the changes the studio has undergone during the last four years and its continuing ability to "proceed and be bold," as Mockbee counseled.  The terrible vengeance of Joseph P. Fyffe. On a warm August evening in 1870, a footsore stranger in naval officer's uniform walked into East Haddam, Connecticut. His name was Joseph P. Fyffe, and he was revenging himself on the Navy for refusing to advance him travel money to proceed to his new station, San Francisco. He was trudging cross-country on foot. And conscientiously wiring in daily progress reports well-calculated to give his superiors apoplexy. His sixth, from Albany, New York, read in part: "Entered Albany barefooted X Comfortable X Earning my keep as bartender X Local rum far superior that served in Navy X Am sending sample" At this point, the Navy struck its colors, reversed its time-honored tradition, and began prepaying travel allowances. Strangely enough, Joe Fyyfe actually wound up as a rear admiral. ..... 1956 U.S. Savings Bonds Ad, A4730. $12.99 This Item is an original Magazine ad, taken from a vintage magazine of the year indicated. The ad is suitable for framing and displaying in your home or office. The scan of this item was taken through plastic film, however it is an accurate representation of the item. The nominal size is 10.5 inches by 14 inches.  Shining Stars Turtle $14.99 The little turtle is the cutest! It's really neat to know that we can name a star too! He sits on my desk and keeps my company when all is quiet. Great buy! |
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