Awards & Recognition
Samuel Mockbee Awards
- Progressive Architect Award 1987
- Progressive Architecture Magazine
- Honor Award 1982
- Drawing by American Architects, AIA Journal, Washington, D.C.
Samuel Mockbee Exhibits
- “Samuel Mockbee and theRural Studio: Community Architecture” traveling exhibition, October 5, 2003 – January 4. 2004, Curator: Birmingham Museum of Modern Art, Birmingham, Alabama to travel onward to museum sites including the National Building Museum in Washington DC, Scottsdale Arizona, Atlanta, San Francisco, Toronto, Paris and London.
- “Self-Help Continued: the Rural Studio,” Colegio de Arquitectos de Cataluňa (COAC), Barcelona, Spain, June 12, 2003.
- “Utility NOW!: Richard Saxton and the municipalWORKSHOP” Rural Studio Outreach Student exhibit of Street Sweepers, Indiana University Art Museum, 2003.
- “Just Build It!: Rural Studio,”Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna, Austria, March, 2003.
- “Design Matters: Newbern Baseball Club,”Design Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama, 2002.
- “Theater of Tile” Neo-Con Interiors Trade Fair & Exhibition, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois, 2002. “Creative Excellence Award” by International Interior Trade Design Association (IIDA) Chicago, Illinois.
- “Rural Studio – Three Thesis Projects”, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Biennial Exhibition, New York, New York, 2002
- “Interface Americas presents: Rural Studio”, Neo-Con Interiors Trade Fair & Exhibition, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL, 2001.
- “Architecture of the Black Warrior River”,Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York, 2000
- “Design Culture Now”,Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, New York, 2000
- “Futures to Come,” Architectural Record, Max Protetch Gallery, New York, New York, 1999
- “Rose Ranch House”, GA Houses, Global Architecture Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1999
- “Architecture of the Everyday”, Nexus Center for Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1999
- “Fabrications”
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1998
- Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, 1998
- Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, 1998
Samuel Mockbee Academic Positions
- Professor of Architecture
- Gresham Professor
- Auburn Alumni Professor, Auburn University, 2001– 1991
- Freidman Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1998
- Davenport Professor, Yale University, 1997
- Shure Professor, University of Virginia, 1996
- Goff Professor, University of Oklahoma, 1995
- Visiting Professor, Harvard University, 1994
- Distinguished Visiting Critic, Clemson University, 1990
- Design Studio Critic, Adjunct, Mississippi State University, 1990 – 1984
Samuel Mockbee Professional
- Samuel Mockbee, Architect, Canton, Mississippi, 2000 – 2001
- Mockbee Coker Architects, 1983 – 2000
- Elected, The American Institute of Architects, College of Fellows, 1989
- Mockbee Goodman Architects, 1977 – 1983
- National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, Registered Architect, 1977
Auburn University’s Rural Studio
- Greensboro Lions Club Appreciation Award 2007
In recognition of outstanding leadership contributions and dedication to West Alabama’s future and the Greensboro Lions Park development project
Andrew Freear, Rural Studio Director - Presidential Award for Excellence, Auburn University 2007
In recognition of work as Director of the Rural Studio and the first architect working in the United States to receive the 2006 Ralph Erskine Award
Andrew Freear, Rural Studio Director - Zumbotel Award for Architecture. Honorable Mention 2007
20K House
Rural Studio and Andrew Freear, Rural Studio Director - Ralph Erskine Award for Architecture 2006
Swedish Association of Architects
Andrew Freear, Rural Studio Director - Emerging Architects Commendation Award 2005
Architectural Review & Royal Institute of British Architects Award
Perry Lakes Pavilion
Rural Studio and Andrew Freear, Rural Studio Director and the Perry Lakes Pavilion thesis team of Jennifer Bonner, Marybeth Maness, Anthony Tindell, and Nathan Orrison - Sao Paulo Bienal of Architecture in Brazil, 2005
Invited by State Department to represent USA at the event for the first time
Rural Studio and Andrew Freear, Rural Studio Director - Distinguished Service to Rural Life from the Rural Sociological Society (RSS) 2005
Auburn University
Andrew Freear, Rural Studio Director - ASID Educator of Distinction Award 2005
American Society of Interior Designers
Andrew Freear, Rural Studio Director - Archiprix International Competition for the best graduating student project 2005
- Pioneer in Housing Award 2004
The American Institute of Architects
Rural Studio and Sambo Mockbee, Rural Studio Founder and Director - AIA Chicago, Sustainable Design Award, special recognition for material use 2004
Andrew Freear, Xavier Vendrell, Jennifer Bonner for Rural Studio Exhibit Barcelona, Spain - AIA Chicago, Interior Architecture Award, Citation of Merit, 2004
Andrew Freear, Xavier Vendrell, Jennifer Bonner for Rural Studio Exhibit Barcelona, Spain - Foment de las Arts Decorativas: Architecture and Interior design awards, 2004
Finalist for the Barcelona Rural Studio exhibition
Andrew Freear, Xavier Vendrell, Jennifer Bonner - Whitney Museum of American Art 2002 Biennial Exhibition
Rural Studio and Sambo Mockbee, Rural Studio Founder and Director - NCARB Prize for Creative Integration of Practice and Education in the Academy 2002
Rural Studio and DK Ruth, Rural Studio Founder - 2002 Community Supporter of the Year, Hale County Farm-City Committee
Hale County, Alabama 2002
Award by the local farmers and businesses recognizing the Rural Studio as an Outreach extension of Auburn University
Rural Studio and Andrew Freear - Creative Excellence Award by International Interior Trade Design Association (IIDA)
NEOCON Worlds Trade Fair, Chicago, Illinois. July 2002
For the design of a theater built of carpet tile: a collaboration of the Rural Studio, Interface Americas and film-maker Eames Demetrios
Rural Studio and Andrew Freear - Archiprix International 2000 International design competition Honorable Mention and publication in “The Architectural Review” August 2001
Delft , The Netherlands
Rural Studio, Andrew Freear, Samuel Mockbee and ‘Corrugated Construction Pod’ Thesis team: Gabe Comstock, Andy Olds and Amy Holtz - ID Magazine – Design Review 2002: Environmental Award
Interface Exhibition Space at NEOCON, Chicago July 2001
Rural Studio exhibit for Interface Americas
Rural Studio and Andrew Freear
Use Your Life Award 2001
Oprah’s Angel Network
Sambo Mockbee, Rural Studio Founder and Director - MacArthur Genius Award 2000
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Sambo Mockbee, Rural Studio Founder and Director - The Education Honors Program 1995
The American Institute of Architects, Washington , D.C.
Auburn Rural Studio, Sambo Mockbee, Founder and Director
Voted best by entrants, Perry Lakes Park Bridge: Subsequently published in the Architectural Review magazine
Rural Studio and Andrew Freear, Rural Studio Director and the Perry Lakes Bridge thesis team: Sarah Singleton, Charlie Jorgenson, Matthew Edwards, Lynielle Houston