STEP 2 CASE STUDY No.2 Rural Studio

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The Rural Studio programme of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at Auburn University, Alabama, USA, has a worldwide reputation. It has more than 20 years’ experience of inspiring undergraduates, and has made hundreds of beautiful buildings for the sort of money more affluent people would spend on a new kitchen. For many architects and designers, it is the epitome of the well-informed, well-meaning architecture practice, for it is a practice as well as a school of architecture, with a strong ethical position. It also pretty much single-handedly made ‘live’ projects the de rigueur pedagogic ...

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