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I suppose this is the proper way of saying it. I'm lazy with my specificity sometimes. Architecture isn't part of regional culture anymore. It wouldn't be unusual for the same architect to design a buildings in both locations, or even one building that's duplicated in both locations. When buildings are contracted, they are subject to the same nearsightedness as the rest of the economy: they pick something 'good enough' and cheap as possible. So that means cookie-cutter design.I don't dislike air conditioning; I dislike our dependence on it.
I just don't get why architects will use the same design for a building in the Southwest and a building in the Northeast.