“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. “Many believe ...

Read up on the history, layout, and preservation of this Southern architectural style and its unique name. From the French Quarter to the Garden District, New Orleans is full of architecturally ...

I am an award-winning event producer who has long planned events in the city of New Orleans. I love the diversity of the people, the music, the food, the art in the streets, and the colorful designs ...

Josh Morgerman, a worldwide storm chaser who travels to the eye of hurricanes, is building a home in Old Town Bay St. Louis. The shotgun style house will have a New Orleans feel and will be built to ...

If you've ever stood at the front door of a narrow historic home and could see straight through to the backyard, you were probably about to enter a shotgun house. Although we wouldn't recommend it, ...

When the Irish Channel comes up in conversation, it brings to mind St. Patrick’s Day parades, green beer and roast beef po-boys. But for architecture geeks, it also conjures mental images of the ...