Katrina cottage

“Katrina Cottages” are small house plans originally designed to provide New Orleans residents with simple replacement homes when they needed to rebuild quickly following the devastating 2005 hurricane that destroyed tens of thousands of houses along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Our Katrina Cottage is a traditional southern home plan, scaled down in size, 1100 Sq […]

After Hurricane Katrina, more than 20,000 campers and trailers were sent to the Gulf Coast. FEMA has been providing emergency housing, but it was meant to be temporary. This time the areas affected…

For those who don’t remember, after Hurricane Katrina (August 2005) there was an urgent need for housing in the Gulf Coast. Katrina Cottages were an alternative to trailers and temporary housing. A…

After downsizing over the years, Brenda Speller’s tiny Katrina cottage has just enough space for simple seaside living.

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, architects have been designing prefab, energy-efficient, affordable homes, like the ever-evolving Katrina Cottage.

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These little getaways will inspire you to downsize.

With all the natural disasters, the need for affordable housing and the tiny house movement, there has been more interest in Katrina Cottages again. Katrina Cottages are the charming little houses …

With all the natural disasters, the need for affordable housing and the tiny house movement, there has been more interest in Katrina Cottages again. Katrina Cottages are the charming little houses …

At Home in the Bay - March/April 2018: Only the sharpest of eyes would recognize the core of this home as a "Katrina Cottage," thanks to the imagination and vision of owner Curtis Lassere. - story and photos by Ellis Anderson