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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...swooping roof with layers of discarded highway signs. "We try to be innovative, economical and appropriate as possible, reusing materials that otherwise will be discarded," says Mockbee. The result can be surprisingly pleasing to the eye. The Bryants' smokehouse, for example, conjures up Le Corbusier's seminal chapel in Ronchamp, France. The Bryant home and smokehouse, however, cost less than $17,000, and Mockbee gave both to the couple free. "The students that work with Mockbee get an experience of architecture at the level of the soul," says Jeffrey Kipnis, curator of architecture and design at the Wexner Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alabama Modern | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

...swooping roof with layers of discarded highway signs. "We try to be innovative, economical and appropriate as possible, reusing materials that otherwise will be discarded," says Mockbee. The result can be surprisingly pleasing to the eye. The Bryants' smokehouse, for example, conjures up Le Corbusier's seminal chapel in Ronchamp, France. The Bryant home and smokehouse, however, cost less than $17,000, and Mockbee gave both to the couple free. "The students that work with Mockbee get an experience of architecture at the level of the soul," says Jeffrey Kipnis, curator of architecture and design at the Wexner Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARCHITECTURE: Redneck Modern | 9/20/2000 | See Source »

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