The Design of the City of Shabam

Mud-based buildings are great and they have many wonderful properties, but they do need frequent upkeep. The walls have to be re-plastered on an ongoing basis to counteract erosion damage from wind and rain. They also have to be built with the limitations of their construction materials in mind. So the mud high rises here tend to have thicker walls near the bottom that become thinner as the stories go up. And this is to reduce the weight load from higher floors pressing down on the bricks below.