Wow, wow, some wonderful photo/places on this thread I've just found!
Haven't learnt to navigate or post here yet, but:
Architecturally I think sense of Place far more important than style.
You may wish to find some of mine on flickr:
http://flickr.com/peteshep/sets
Vernacular architecture books:
http://www.blurb.com/user/store/peteshep
P :-)