Rural Studio is part of the Auburn University campus in Alabama (College of Architecture, Design & Construction). They have various programs for students, such as…

“Second-year program: typically fifteen to twenty second-year Auburn University architecture students move to Hale County for one semester and design/build a charity home.
Thesis program: typically twelve Auburn University thesis architecture students move to Hale County for their fifth year. They form teams to plan, design and build community projects.
Outreach Program: non-Auburn University graduates from around the world come to the Rural Studio to work on a joint project alongside the Thesis students.”

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Ok, hopelessly may be pushing it. It’s not like I’m sending them stalker letters or visiting them first thing of the day. That said, I do really, super, very much adore this blog. It’s not an architect blog, more a smattering of stuff – mostly wicked cool stuff.
I don’t know why, but lately I’ve been stretching out from my usual feast of architect and green blogs, and while I was doing so, one blog I found happened to be Electro^Plankton. It was a good find though, because look at this stellar house they have posted:

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