In this monthly feature, New Orleans architects share their thoughts on the city's buildings. Today's topic explores how colonial architecture met the challenges of a flood-prone city.

Quite the opposite: throughout the middle of the 20th century, local society embraced new thinking in architecture, as it had with earlier trends dating back to colonial times.

American colonial is a type of architecture that embodies a mixture of styles that came into being throughout the 1600s and 1700s, ... In cities like New Orleans in the southern US, ...

When thinking of the State of Louisiana, the French-inspired city of New Orleans often springs to mind. With its amazing NOLA Jazz clubs, Creole architecture, and the famous Mardi Gras, it's easy ...

Delgadillo, who grew up in New Orleans, is exploring the Latin American connections to his hometown for his doctoral thesis. “In one way, I’m looking at New Orleans’ colonial foundations and how that ...

In the two centuries since–from the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, where the new Republic’s old colonial master was defeated for a final time; to the Civil War; to Reconstruction, Jim Crow ...

1 HALF BATH. 5,748 SQ. FT. $1.9 MILLION. This spacious three-story Colonial Revival-style residence, designed at the turn of the last century by New Orleans architecture firm Soule and McDonnell ...

As anyone who has lived in or visited New Orleans will tell you, it's a city of sublime architecture. Dreamy rows of pink, yellow, blue, and lavender confections line New Orleans’s oldest ...

New Orleans in Louisiana boasts many architectural wonders that exhibit the city’s rich history and diverse culture. Its modern to late colonial era structures showcase New Orleans’ distinct ...