Samuel Mockbee was the first recipient of the National Building Museum’s Apgar Award for Exellence in 1988.

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Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee (12/23/1944 – 12/30/2001) dedicated his life, as a teacher and as an architect, to creating architecture that not only elevated the living standards of the rural poor but also provided “shelter for the soul.”