But isn't all architecture affected by these elements?  What distiguishes
vernacular from "regular"?


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<So what exactly would you all define as vernacular architecture?

Other influences could include the type of locally available materials,
(prairie mud vs. west coast log), patterns of immigration (regional
influences of Scandinavian immigrants on the prairies), economic
fluctuations (the need to retain and add on to older buildings in hard times
vs. replacing them), political/governmental via building incentive
programs...


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