Posts tagged historic neighborhoods
Schematic Design Strategies for Historic Properties
Schematic Design Strategies for Historic Properties

In New Orleans, we have over 20 nationally-registered historic districts and 19 local historic districts. Any effort developing concepts in the planning phase needs to address the historic context of the neighborhood. The façade of the home does not only belong to the owner but it belongs to the city, to the neighborhood, and to the lovers of historic architecture who come from all over the world to New Orleans.

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BIM, Design Principles, Historic ProjectsKim Allennew orleans architects, new orleans construction, new orleans design, architecture, architects, design, queen anne home, queen anne, historic, historic buildings, history, schematic design, schematic planning, planning, massing, modeling, point cloud, 3d scanning, historic neighborhoods, new orleans homes, residential architecture, conceptual ideas, plans
Farm the Neighborhood You Want To See
Farm the Neighborhood You Want To See

Why should this excite New Orleanians?  All we have is a big ol' historic super-grid with an immense array and variety of lot sizes plugged into a series of big ol' amenity centers pumping value into areas blanketed with some of the most amenable urban zoning in the country.  Your Sharpie will run out of ink checking all the boxes.

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Developer Guide, Design Principlesben allensmall developer, missing middle, architecture, city planning, historic neighborhoods, new orleans, zoning, parking, lot size, city grids, multiple principle buildings, good development, appropriate density, entrepreneur, small business, mother-in-law suite, residential, commercial, louisiana, real estate, real estate investments, small change, affordable housing