If you’ve spent time down South, you know that the region comes with architectural and design details that are all its own. From haint blue porch ceilings to hospitality doors, there are certain ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Still, walking by a shotgun house by can only tell you so much. That’s why we’re here with the 411 on ...

Shotgun houses are typically one-room-wide, single-story homes on small lots that sit close to neighbors, often without windows on either side. But when the homeowner is an architect conceptualizing a ...

Architect Anthony Cane is of two minds. He preserved the face of his recently renovated 7th Ward home — there’s no mistaking that it’s a 1930s Craftsman-style double shotgun house. It has those thin ...