The landscape in northern new mexico will convince you that bag is a criminally underrated color. For more than a thousand years, the architecture of this place has been shaped by the turrain. Early builders in the region didn't have much access to wood or tin or rock. What they had in great abundance was dirt and clay, and that's what they used to make adobe bricks.
In the final episode of our vernacular spectacular anniversary series, 99pi producers and friends of the show will be sharing more stories of regional architecture–some close to home, some on remote islands– that capture our imagination and inspire us to look deeper. Stories of Bermuda roofs, Queen Anne Cottages, and what exactly counts as an "earth tone."
99% Vernacular: Volume 3