Trahan, Church of the Holy Rosary, St. Amante LA
Day 9 - Baton Rouge / Biloxi
We spent the day on the road heading towards Dauphin Island. Our first stop was in Baton Rouge, then headed to the Holy Rosary Church. Here we saw a really interesting building, but because the details hadn't been properly worked out the almost new buildings are already being replaced. Concrete overhangs above many of the doors have dropped below their original height, leaving no room to open the doors.
Afterwards we drove to Biloxi, a town that had been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Most of the new residential construction that was happening involved some system of stilts to raise the houses above a reasonable flood height, similar to what had been done in New Orleans. Here we also saw a museum designed by Frank Gehry that was partially under construction.
In the evening we drove to Dauphin Island, and had dinner at the Oar House (really bad service, over an hour wait for food, none of us would go there again).
In the evening we drove to Dauphin Island, and had dinner at the Oar House (really bad service, over an hour wait for food, none of us would go there again).
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| Holy Rosary |
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| Holy Rosary |
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| Holy Rosary Chapel |
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| Holy Rosary |
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| Biloxi |
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| Porchdog house by Marlon Blackwell |
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| Porchdog |
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| Gehry Museum |
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| Gehry Museum |
Trahan, Academic Center for Student Athletes, Louisiana State University
These interior shots are renovations of the Academic Center For Student Athletes at Louisiana State University by Trahan Architects.
The next three photos are of Campbell Auditorium.
Trahan, Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Amante LA
The Holy Rosary Church was designed by Trahan Architects and is located at 44450 Highway 429 in St. Amant. The church seems to be made entirely of concrete and glass. There were quite a few buckets in one of the buildings due to rainwater that was leaking inside the building through the light fixtures as well as streaks running down the concrete everywhere on the exterior. Even though the church is not very old, because of the leaking and water stains, it had a much older look. Despite all this, it was still a beautiful church. Unfortunately the church was closed when we arrived.
