The palette

White concrete for the houses and a quartz trim on every parapet and step, deep blue concrete for the domes, turquoise for the doors and shutters, pink cherry leaves for the bougainvillea, and a warm volcanic cliff (packed mud, dripstone, mud bricks, granite) under it all. White on brown is what makes Santorini.

Techniques

• Stepped terraces
• Cubic white houses
• Blue domes
• Stairs and bell wall
• Landmarks

The steps

1. Level the hillside
2. Terrace 1: retaining wall
3. Terrace 1: paving and parapet
4. Terrace 2: retaining wall
5. Terrace 2: paving and parapet
6. Terrace 3: retaining wall
7. Terrace 3: paving and parapet
8. Terrace 4: retaining wall
9. Terrace 4: paving and parapet
10. White stairs between the terraces
11. House 1
12. House 2 under a barrel vault
13. House 3 with its blue dome
14. House 4
15. House 5 under a barrel vault
16. House 6
17. House 7 with its blue dome
18. House 8
19. House 9 under a barrel vault
20. House 10 with its blue dome
21. House 11
22. House 12 under a barrel vault
23. House 13
24. Church walls
25. Church drum
26. The great blue dome
27. Bell wall with three bells
28. Infinity pool
29. Windmill tower
30. Thatched cap
31. Canvas sails
32. Seafront promenade

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