What is NOLA?

I went to school in New Orleans, LA (NOLA) way before Katrina. It was and remains a city with its own culture, extraordinary music, food and architecture. All that and the sense of pride that New Orleanians always had still remains. What is different now is a sense of optimism, a post-Katrina bounce back that is palbable everywhere in the air.

In the midst of all this Tulane University has emerged as the de facto hub for social entrepeneurship activities related to NOLA. And the school of architecture is now a key player in the rebuilding of the city.

This page started out as a way to track architectural and other happenings related to the rebuilding of NOLA but has expanded its reach beyond.

Comments, suggestions and ideas about NOLA, architecture, art, design and anything in between are welcome.

Maziar Behrooz

amagansett, ny

May 9, 2010

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Container Studio featured as building of the week on World-Architects.com.
New photographs of the Container Studio, by Dalton Portella, are now on display here.
Container Studio featured on Dezeen, May 31, 2010....as well as apartmenttherapy.com, inhabitat.com, treehugger.com, noticias.arq.com.mx, mocoloco.com, jetsongreen.com and hundreds of design, architecture & sustainability websites from around the world -over 3,000 web references.
Container Studio featured on ArchDaily, May 19, 2010 (right after OMA's Millstein building for Cornell).
Container Studio featured on ArchNow, May 17, 2010.
Video segment of Container Studio and our client, Andrea Shapiro, on Babelgum.

Container Studio among featured projects on Architizer and displayed on its cover page, May 14, 2010.