Adobe is an earthen construction style born out of the material scarcity and climate of the desert. But in sanafa, not far from where rose lives, adobe has gone from being just a fact of life to being city code. A lot of my buildings, i use a cooler ton of stucco. It's still an earth tone, but it can sometimes have a little bit of green ind it become a think about like wet clay.
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