The world's major metropolises are increasingly welcoming more people. According to the UN's 2022 World Cities Report, by 2050, 68% of the population will live in cities. Meanwhile, what about the future of rural areas? In the United States, one of the architects working on this is British architect Andrew Freear (Yorkshire, 1966), director of Rural Studio at the School of Architecture at Auburn University (Alabama). He has been working for over twenty years in the rural area of Newbern, a low-income town in rural Alabama, and over the years, his students have designed more than 220 community buildings, houses, and parks.