Floating house could ride New Orleans' floods
SOURCE: DIGG • 2009-10-12
TOPICS:
New Orleans • Polders • Shotgun • Porch • Buildings And Architecture Of New Orleans • Hospitality_recreation • Environment • Disaster_accident
[86 diggs @ Environment] Architects have designed a floating house that can withstand up to 12 feet of water. It is long and narrow like the traditional New Orleans shotgun home and sits on a raised 4-foot base. It also has a front porch. But the home is contemporary in d...
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