Shell Building
- Architect
- August Perez & Associates
- Style
- International Style
- City
- New Orleans, LA
- Collection
- the french quarter
The Shell Building is a modernist office tower in the French Quarter, designed by the New Orleans firm August Perez & Associates in the International Style. Its glass-and-steel massing sets it apart from the surrounding Creole streetscape as one of the few mid-century commercial towers built within the historic quarter.
the style
Built in the International Style, the Shell Building's clean lines and modernist massing stand apart from the French Quarter's Creole and Victorian streetscape, marking it as a rare 20th-century commercial insertion into the historic district.
More on International Stylesignificance
The Shell Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, one of a small number of International Style buildings recognized within the French Quarter's historic district.
nearby
- Orpheum Theater
- Immaculate Conception Church
- Latter & Blum Building
- Saenger Theatre
- Hancock Whitney Center
- Texaco Building