Cast Corbel House, in the Golden Triangle, has won a Royal Institute of British Architecture award for its design by contractors Grafted.

Corbels, the ornate wooden brackets that connect awnings to the fronts of shotgun homes, are disappearing from houses in the Central City neighborhood, WVUE-Fox 8 reports.

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The corbels are replacing originals that were removed during a 1940-something remodeling of the French-Norman architecture courthouse, which was constructed in 1875, Rea said.

The unique architecture of old New Orleans shotgun homes is a part the city's culture, but in Central City, the face of that culture is being ripped away.