Auburn University Rural Studio
Rural Studio is a design-build architecture program based in Hale County, AL.
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2025 Soup Roast is in the books!
2025 Soup Roast is in the books!
When do we celebrate students, serve a hearty soup lunch, and roast the students? Why, Soup Roast, of course! Soup Roast has long been a tradition at Rural Studio, and it’s not really a roast but a deep critique that pushes our 5th-year students’ projects forward. It’s also as a recognition of both 3rd-year and… Read More →
Rural Studio hosted the ACES Housing Forum
Rural Studio hosted the ACES Housing Forum
On October 16-17, 2025, Rural Studio hosted the ACES Housing Forum, a gathering of extension specialists and other Alabama housing experts. ACES, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, is an outreach program that provides education and resources to citizens statewide. In collaboration with Alabama A&M and Tuskegee University, Auburn University works with farmers, communities, youth organizations… Read More →
CLT Core House Blog
CLT Core House Blog
First Congregational Church Hall Blog
First Congregational Church Hall Blog
Jessica's Home Blog
Jessica's Home Blog
Rural Studio’s Emily McGlohn receives 2025 Women in Architecture Design Leadership Award - Rural Studio
Rural Studio’s Emily McGlohn receives 2025 Women in Architecture Design Leadership Award - Rural Studio
Architectural Record honored Auburn University’s Emily McGlohn and four other deserving recipients of the 2025 Women in Architecture Design Leadership Awards, the 12th year of the Women in Architecture (WIA) Awards. On September 9, Record held the awards ceremony and reception gala, lifting up and celebrating the accomplishments of women in the profession, in the… Read More →
APLA Team Named Finalist for $50 Million Gulf Futures Challenge – College of Architecture, Design and Construction
APLA Team Named Finalist for $50 Million Gulf Futures Challenge – College of Architecture, Design and Construction
An interdisciplinary team from Auburn University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture was named by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Gulf Research Program as one of ten finalists for the $50 million Gulf Futures Challenge.
Heirs property—it’s complicated.
Heirs property—it’s complicated.
Across the US, heirs’ property laws hamstring families that want to build housing or leverage their land for loans. One Alabama project shows how policy reform and savvy design can build a way forward.
Front Porch Initiative Blog
Front Porch Initiative Blog
Smith Park Blog
Smith Park Blog
Mark's Home Blog
Mark's Home Blog
Dining House Blog
Dining House Blog
Rural Studio Farm Blog
Rural Studio Farm Blog
Introduction to Woodshop class and the Frei Egídio Chair
Introduction to Woodshop class and the Frei Egídio Chair
What is Rural Studio’s Woodshop class? Woodshop class is a required course for all 3rd-year Rural Studio students taught by our own woodworking wiz, Steve Long. It is intended to be an active studio-based approach to learning woodworking. It also is contrasting in scale to their studio class, designing a house. Although the Woodshop is… Read More →
Woodshop Blog #2: Let’s talk tools and safety!
Woodshop Blog #2: Let’s talk tools and safety!
This is the second blog post in a series highlighting Rural Studio’s Woodshop class. You can read more about Woodshop class in the first blog of the series. In the Woodshop class, Instructor Steve Long introduces students to tools used in woodworking, from small hand tools to the table saw. Using simple instruments, students learn… Read More →
Woodshop Blog #3: All about the wood - Rural Studio
Woodshop Blog #3: All about the wood - Rural Studio
This is the third blog in a series highlighting Rural Studio’s Woodshop class. You can read more about Woodshop class in the first two blogs of the series. (Blog 1: Featuring The Frei Egídio Chair and Blog 2: Featuring the Zig Zag chair) “Each piece of wood is truly unique in appearance and structure.” This… Read More →
Rural Studio Bathhouse Blog
Rural Studio Bathhouse Blog
Rural Wastewater Demonstration Project Blog
Rural Wastewater Demonstration Project Blog
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