Most new houses in Brazil are made of red bricks. Concrete block are more common for buildings but red bricks are still heavily used. Historical buildings wer

Most new houses in Brazil are made of red bricks. Concrete block are more common for buildings but red bricks are still heavily used. Historical buildings were usually made of solid red bricks. Then for some reason (maybe new areas being populated with lots of wood), they started using wood for houses. I've never seen a new house made of wood around these areas.