Rural Studio

Since its inception, @RuralStudio students/faculty have built more than 220 homes, parks & community buildings in Alabama. As @au_cadc celebrates Rural Studio's 30th anniv., faculty & students reflect on accomplishments & look ahead to the next 30 years. wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/20…

From the West Alabama Newsroom– People in the Uniontown area now have a new emergency shelter for people left homeless — due to house fires — or natural disasters. Student volunteers with Auburn Rural Studio designed and built the new facility. “We star... #Echobox=1693060529-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">waka.com/2023/08/25/aub…

@RuralStudio Earn #AIA credit by listening to this podcast! After listening to this #podcast, go to continuingeducation.bnpmedia.com/courses/vitro-… and take a quick quiz to earn credit.

Director of @RuralStudio at Auburn University, Andrew Freear joins the podcast to discuss the student-led design-build process, the success of the studio/program, and his approach to bringing architecture to rural Alabama. #Andrew-Freear" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">architecturalrecord.com/designed-podca…

She was joined by Mackenzie Stagg of Auburn University @RuralStudio's Front Porch Initiative and Claire Guerrero Jones of Fannie Mae.

Raise the #roof! The C.H.O.I.C.E. #House is finally dried in. After several days of dodging rain, pollen, and morning dew, the team wrapped up our roof assembly with 64 panels of charcoal gray metal. ruralstudio.org/sun-and-steel/

Andrew Freear, director of Rural Studio in Newbern, Alabama, is the recipient of the 2023 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture. world-architects.com/en/architectur… #article #news #architecturenews #forqualityinarchitecture #waofficial #worldarchitects #architecture

Rural Studio director Andrew Freear named winner of the 2023 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture arcnct.co/41z3o9b @au_cadc @uvasarc @RuralStudio

Teacher, designer, builder and advocate Andrew Freear, Wiatt Professor and director of Auburn University Rural Studio has been named the 2023 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture arch.virginia.edu/news/andrew-fr…

BIG NEWS! Andrew Freear and Rural Studio Receive Esteemed @UVA Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture @UVaSARC @AuburnU @au_cadc ruralstudio.org/jeffersonmedal/

Our 5th-year #students Meagan, Naomi, Jake, and Julie are developing two versions of the #18x18House #design so the home can be built with a kitchen either upstairs or downstairs. Read more on their blog! ruralstudio.org/new-year-same-…

Check out the new blog post from our 5th-year #students Ambar, Logan, Carla, and Ashley from the Rural Studio #Bathhouse team. See what they’ve been up to this semester! ruralstudio.org/bath-in-the-sw…

Rural Studio welcomed the new 3rd-year #students to campus for this Spring semester, kicking off the adventures with a tornado scare, some porch sitting, and five fresh faces. Read all about it in their first blog post of the semester. ruralstudio.org/a-windy-welcom…

The C.H.O.I.C.E. #House team is back in action! Check out the team's #progress this semester in their first blog post of 2023--ruralstudio.org/tripping-walls/

“Neckdown” Week is complete! At the beginning of each semester, students, faculty, and staff work together in an intensive, team-building effort to complete small projects throughout the county. Check it out! ruralstudio.org/2023-spring-ne…

AHR is excited to announce that we have been nomination for @TN_Housing_Dev’s Tennessee’s Best Directors Award for the Wharf Avenue energy-efficient development we built in partnership with @RuralStudio AHR also assisted homebuyers in obtaining mortgages for the homes.

What a treat to kick off the Spring Semester! #Housing #affordability experts Chris Herbert @Harvard_JCHS and James Stockard @HarvardGSD joined us in Newbern, AL, for two days packed with project reviews, site visits, and lectures. @au_cadc

Congratulations to @ahr_ahrhousing, nominated for a #TNBest Director’s Award for the Wharf Avenue development, a partnership with @RuralStudio to develop energy-efficient micro homes, with AHR assisting homebuyers to obtain mortgages on the homes. #TNHC2023

Happy New Year from all of us at Rural Studio! Welcome new 3rd-years! Welcome back “leftovers” and 5th-year students! We’re excited to get to work and look forward to another fantastic semester learning, designing, and building in Newbern, Alabama! #wareagle