BADECON-CrossPost-In architecture “local vernacular” wasn’t because builders/developers used to not be greedy. And its disappearance isn’t because they started to be greedy. Builders/developers have always been, and will always be, “greedy” bastards. It is the underlying economics that has changed.
They survived World War II and lost decades, but not 2026. Japan’s century-old businesses are disappearing at a record pace
