Andrew Freear, an Englishman from Yorkshire, is a graduate
of London’s Architectural Association. He practised
in London, then in Chicago, where he became Professor of
Design at the University of Illinois. He then joined Rural
Studio as deputy director, in charge of undergraduate studies.
In 2002, he succeeded Mockbee as director of Rural Studio.
In 2005, Andrew Freear received an award from the Rural Sociological
Society for “Distinguished Service to Rural Life”.
In 2006 he received the Ruth and Ralph Erskine Nordic Foundation
Award. However, he is also keen to remain a member of the
Rural Heritage Foundation in Thomaston Alabama, and of the
Volunteer Fire Department in Newbern Alabama.
