Explaining local architectural building styles from @ellieridgerealtor

Name: Explaining local architectural building styles from @ellieridgerealtor
Uploaded: 2025-12-27T18:22:50.000Z
Duration: 78 s
Channel: ellieridgerealtor
Description: The creator stands on location in Mexico and provides an architectural analysis of common building practices she observes. She identifies and explains CMU construction, flat roofs with parapets, metal roofing (corrugated vs. standing seam), and exposed rebar, concluding by sharing a local rumor about why rebar is left exposed to delay property taxes.

The creator stands on location in Mexico and provides an architectural analysis of common building practices she observes. She identifies and explains CMU construction, flat roofs with parapets, metal roofing (corrugated vs. standing seam), and exposed rebar, concluding by sharing a local rumor about why rebar is left exposed to delay property taxes.

Creator: @ellieridgerealtor on Instagram

Transcript

Couple of things I'm seeing a lot of in Mexico, CMU construction, concrete and masonry units, with plaster applied on top, lot of flat roofs, lot of tier up their walls. I noticed they do a totally different method of poking or waterproofing at the tops of the parapets than we do in the Bad Area because we have so much more rain. I also am observing a lot of metal roofs. I actually love metal roofs. Metal roofs are, like, the perfect kind of roof in my opinion. This is just a corrugated better.

Topics: Architecture, Travel