Contents
A U G U ST 2 0 2 1
Events
11 6 8
Features
SOME LIKE IT HOT And if not, there are plenty of indoor happenings, too.
REFLECTIONS The Little Outboard that (Hasn’t So Far, but …) Could by James Fox-Smith
NEWS & NOTEWORTHIES
VO LU M E 3 8 // I SS U E 8
34 38 40
The architecture of today’s South, displayed at the Venice Biennale by Alexandra Kennon
WAISTLESS WONDERS Gretta Garments channels lazy girl chic by Kristen Foster
ON SHOTGUN HOUSES The history and future of the signature Southern structure by Ed Cullen
“In the South, I think we understand that culture, art, architecture, and ideas spring from local insight––from small conversations and agreements. Culture is always local first,” said architect Roy Decker of Duvall Decker in Jackson, when interviewed about the work of his firm and others in Louisiana and Mississippi being presented at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy. When we look back decades from now, or from across the globe, what designs will be remembered as defining this particular place, at this particular time? With so many aesthetic and innovative design developments in our region, from architecture to fashion, it was impossible to choose just one. That’s why we included four images on this month’s cover, each capturing designs that are simultaneously beautiful, practical, and very much of the South. Foremost is “GATORHouse,” a camp on False River by emerymcclure architecture in Lafayette, designed to withstand heat and floods, yet still striking to the eye—the image is currently on display in the exhibition A South Forty at the Venice Architecture Biennale (pg. 34). We hope the designs in this issue might inspire you to innovate something beautiful, something useful, something distinctly Southern––distinctly yours.
Plant-based plates for the Southern palate
Culture
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by Matt A. Sheen
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KING OF KINGS For the second time, Chef Tory McPhail reigns in Louisiana seafood
by Jordan LaHaye Fontenot
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MODERNISM 101 A digital hub for lovers of design paraphernalia, based out of Shreveport
Escapes
52
by Chris Jay
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RIVER ROAD’S MUSEUM TRAIL Explore the collections abounding along the Mississippi by Mary Ann Sternberg
A U G 2 1 // C O U N T R Y R O A D S M A G . C O M
Ashley Fox-Smith
Managing Editor
Jordan LaHaye Fontenot
Creative Director
Kourtney Zimmerman
Contributors:
G Douglas Adams, Ed Cullen, Jay D. Edwards, Kristen Foster, Chris Jay, Matt A. Sheen, Mary Ann Sternberg, Chris Turner-Neal
Cover Artists
Main image by John Osborne IV, building by emerymcclure architecture
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Associate Publisher
Alexandra Kennon
DEEP SOUTH DESIGN
NOLA CUISINE GOES VEGAN
James Fox-Smith
Arts & Entertainment Editor
On the Cover
Cuisine
Publisher
A SOUTH FORTY
HOTEL ST. VINCENT Opulence and Aperol in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District by Alexandra Kennon
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RETURNING TO DUNLEITH A second debut for the grand dame of Natchez by Chris Turner-Neal
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PERSPECTIVES Stephanie Patton: Comfort Zone
by Jordan LaHaye Fontenot
emerymcclure architecture, Grace Chetta, Alexandra Kennon, Matt Harrington
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