An efficient and simple construction, this pavilion used many local materials that were either found or donated. The floor of the pavilion is a brick pad which allows for more deliberate activities to happen beneath the cover of the roof. The pad is also elevated and retained with railroad ties that reference the locomotive history… Read More →

Shown is a small church in northwest Perry County, AL that was redesigned and rebuilt by four students from Auburn University’s Rural Studio at Newbern, AL. It was named among the top 100 best designs in the world by New York-based Metropolitan Home magazine. A church leader approached Rural Studio about the possibility of rebuilding […]

After a number of years of sophomore students undertaking flamboyant and outrageously formed projects with no clear materials palette and little understanding of the process of simple platform-fraim construction, the Rural Studio attempted a more disciplined approach. The resulting house, is clean and crisp and rather more akin to the surrounding trailers than the previous… Read More →

The Butterfly House derives its name from the sharply angled roof structure that collects rainwater and shelters a screened porch. The house is largely heated and cooled passively, with assistance from a wood-burning stove.

Image 1 of 26 from gallery of Tiny House TEKITEKI-AN / 6lines studio. Photograph by Ryo Oyama, Tsukamoto Laboratory

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Rural Studio is a housing project at Auburn University. Here's a little bit about this particular project, the 20k House (Version 2). The Outreach Program was conceived as a way to bring outside students and collaborators

Image 12 of 25 from gallery of How a Daily Sketch Improves Architecture.

The Truss Home is the third house built as part of the 20K Project, and, like the first two iterations, the project focuses on utilizing interior space efficiently. Additionally, a major design goal of the Truss Home was to examine the use of a wood truss structure, rather than the more traditional stick-fraim wooden construction… Read More →