As part of the initiative to rebuild New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Pugh + Scarpa’s Make it Right (MIR) home seeks to redefine the concept of a home into a flexible, multifunctional and adaptable space addressing the needs of today’s modern family, on a limited budget. Offering shelter and comfort, the MIR home breaks the prescriptive mold of the traditional home by creating public and private “zones” in which private space is deemphasized in favor of large public living areas.

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Designed by New Orleans-based Concordia Architecture, this house is a single-story version of the two-story version of the house located down the street at 1720 Tennessee Street. ...more

Billes Architecture (BA3 House) was one of 13 architectural firms commissioned by actor Brad Pitt to design affordable housing for the Lower Ninth ward in New Orleans through the Make It Right Foundation. ...more

KieranTimberlake Associates was one of 13 architectural firms commissioned by actor Brad Pitt to design affordable housing for the Lower Ninth ward in New Orleans through the Make It Right Foundation.

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A two-story version of the house designed by New Orleans-based Concordia Architecture is going up at 1720 Tennessee Street.

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NeighborWorks partners with Make It Right to bring residents back to Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

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Tour the new Make It Right 9 house designed by Billes Architecture
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Chivonnie from Reelback speaks with Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme at the the 2007 Silverdocs Film Festival in Silver Springs, MD about his latest film "New Home Movies from the Lower Ninth Ward". ...more

Brad Pitt was thanked for his efforts to rebuild New Orleans during a visit to Washington DC on 3/6/2009. ...more

"Trouble the Water" tells the story of an aspiring rap artist and her streetwise husband, trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters, who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. It's a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes that takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen.

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