In the decade since Hurricane Katrina, the Big Easy has maintained its status as an architectural powerhouse. Here are some of the most incredible new and restored buildings that have breathed new life into New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.
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James M. Singleton Head Start Center
Nestled in the New Orleans East community of Little Woods, this 13,000-square-foot child-care center won a 2013 AIA New Orleans Merit Award for its design by Trapolin-Peer Architects.
Run by the nonprofit group Total Community Action, the center provides social services for children with disabilities.
Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life
Just 14 months after Tulane’s campus flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the university debuted this 142,000-square-foot student center designed by Vincent James Associates Architects.
An existing two-story, concrete-framed building was enlarged to include a 300-seat auditorium, a bookstore, a dining hall, and study facilities.
St. Katharine Drexel Chapel
Completed in 2012, the Drexel Chapel is the first house of worship designed by the celebrated architecture firm Pelli Clarke Pelli.
Topped with a copper roof and clad in Portuguese limestone, the octagonal structure visually rhymes with the other buildings on the campus of Xavier University, which commissioned the church.
The foundation was built four feet above sea level, to comply with flood-mitigating regulations.
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