Tubori Architecture

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The Tubori are not known for building grand monuments and edifices to stand the test of time, courtesy of the continual threat of hurricanes. In fact, hardly building at all is not uncommon; Tubor has a larger homeless class than any other duchy. Instead of living indoors as other duchies would call it, the poorest often shelter under makeshift lean-tos, little more than plaited leaves for a roof supported by wooden poles.

For more prosperous freemen and the poorer gentry, wooden houses - usually elevated on posts in case of floods - are the standard. Windows are common, though usually not made of glass; instead, Tubori windows are open holes, usually shuttered and hung with netting to keep insects out while allowing air to circulate. Roofing is devised from stacks of palm leaves or bamboo poles lashed side by side. While houses built in such a fashion are indeed easily destroyed by storms, they are also easily (and cheaply) rebuilt.

Extremely wealthy individuals (the most established gentry and successful nobility) have homes made of stone with imported marble flooring, often in Vandagan styles. It is a mark of pride to have a white home, meaning a home made of white stone with tile roofing and no sign of wood anywhere in sight. This has, on occasion, led to poor but proud individuals to paint wood to resemble stone - a pretense usually destroyed by the first hurricane.

Balconies, verandas and porches are common to allow for evening lounging; their ubiquitous presence has led to many a Tubori play involving love-struck serenades and ill-advised midnight climbs.