Few elements of the New Orleans cityscape speak to the intersection of architecture, sociology and geography so well as the shotgun house. Once scorned, now cherished, shotguns shed light on ...

The shotgun style house will have a New Orleans feel and will be built to withstand hurricane-force winds. Justin Mitchell Sun Herald There’s no such thing as a “hurricane proof” house.

Shotgun homes are iconic for their presence in New Orleans. These small, single-story spaces are only one room wide and two to three rooms deep. You walk through each room without any hallways to ...

The New Orleans house was photographed on Monday, March 18, 2019. Advocate Staff photo by CHRIS GRANGER A transom that opens left to right in the dining room at the home of Tanga Winstead.

“Shotgun” houses — typically narrow, rectangular, one-story structures featuring doors on each end with a straight “shot” from one to the other — are closely associated with New Orleans.

Jun. 15—There's no such thing as a "hurricane proof" house. But once the construction of his new home is finished on an empty lot about a block or so away from the Bay St. Louis beach, Josh ...

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The shotgun house at 5427 Burgundy Street in the Holy Cross neighborhood of the Ninth Ward has been abandoned since Hurricane Katrina. It's a nice family house, serviceable and graceful, with 11 ...

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If designer Tanga Winstead has a singular talent, it’s problem-solving. Take the space-saving ideas she incorporated into her shotgun house on Annunciation Street across from Wisner Park. “I ...