Row: Trajectories Through The Shotgun House

In an inspired combination of historic preservation and cutting-edge art, Rice University took a decaying group of 1930-vintage abandoned shotgun houses and turned them into Project Row Houses, dedicated to art, photography, and literary projects. Row documents the 15th round of installations at Project Row, for which black architects were invited to look at the nature of the shotgun house itself, a classic example of southern vernacular architecture. In photos, drawings and a series of moving essays by prominent writers, Row explores the nature of home.