ICYMI here's a piece I've written for @TheAtlantic on preserving and reinventing local architecture in the face of hegemony (art by the brilliant Yuge Zhou). https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/08/why-every-city-feels-same-now/615556/
And here's a thread celebrating vernacular architecture...

Fujian Tulou https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1113/ 

Torfbæir of Iceland https://www.icelandtravel.is/blog/icelandic-turf-houses/

The Trulli of Alberobello, with their conical roofs and Catholic/esoteric magic symbols https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/787/ 

Ndebele painted houses https://www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2019/06/07/esther-mahlangu-one-of-south-africas-most-famous-artists-perpetuates-traditional-ndebele-painting/

Yemeni earth and stone architecture. Sites like the Old City of Sana'a are under threat from neglect, heavy rains and devastating conflict https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/385/ 

Pagaruyung Palace - an exceptional example of Minangkabau Rumah Gadang architecture, West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Stave churches of Norway https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/explore-norways-wooden-stave-churches-180967021/

The reed architecture of the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1481/ 

Seeing there's a full moon on its way, here are some moon gates from China.

Kath-khuni architecture in the Himalayan hills of India https://www.sahapedia.org/the-himalayan-vernacular-kath-khuni-architecture

The Earthquake Baroque churches of the Philippines https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/earthquake-baroque-churches-in-the-philippines-a00304-20200410

[Radio 2 voice] 'In honour of Sir Alan of Partridge, let me present... the oast houses of England.'
[cue ♫ 'Wuthering Heights' ♫ ].

On a different note, here is the wooden Kizhi Pogost, Karelia, Russia, which they say was built without using a single nail https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/544/ 

Sudano-Sahelian mosques https://archeyes.com/great-mud-architecture-mali-dogon-culture/