A Study in Adobe

Adobe houses and barns are very common here on the meseta.  There is plenty of clay soil and straw.  Probably a third of the houses in Calzadilla are adobe.  The adobe blocks and stucco are softer here than in New Mexico but the humidity here is about 80%.  The following are from all around the village.

Adobe is used for clay bricks also.

Here is a modern twist.  This a new building with clay brick at the base of the walls and the corners and adobe for the bulk of the walls.