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Big Ideas Stuffed Into Small Buildings at the Victoria & Albert

From a Mumbai hovel to a Rural Studio woodshed, it's real, live architecture at the V&A.READ»

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"Citizen Architect": The Humble Origins of Socially-Responsible Design

A new documentary profiles the late Samuel Mockbee, founder of Auburn University's Rural Studio--which taught students by building houses in rural Alabama.READ»

Can Designers Stamp Out Rural Poverty?

Designers, corporate leaders, foundation heads and journalists meet next month in Aspen to solidify plans for a national design center in Alabama to study and alleviate rural poverty.READ»