Rural Studio is an outreach program for architecture students at Auburn University, who work with the residents of Hale County in rural Alabama to design highly personalized dwellings. Construction materials are devised from whatever is at hand in the area and usually include recycled or often overlooked objects. The Butterfly House makes use of natural ventilation, and its roof harvests rainwater, thus making a statement in self-sustainable architecture.

Marjetica Potrč (b. 1953) is an artist and architect based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Potrč's interdisciplinary practice includes on-site projects, research, architectural case studies, and series of drawings. Her work documents and interprets contemporary architectural practices (in particular, with regard to energy infrastructure and water use) and the ways people live together.