By living the human being in a fixed place he built certain spaces to meet his needs so he sought to use natural resources within his reach such as adobe wood stones earth and various plant and even animal elements with simple techniques. This type of construction is primitive for humanity and in its composition and form it manifests the basic survival needs of the human being it is coupled to its environment and the culture to which it belongs. Their construction techniques were adjusted to the available materials the adaptation of the workforce and the tools at their disposal and on the other hand to natural disasters such as floods fires or earthquakes that forced them to adapt. At present importance is being given to vernacular buildings and they are the object of study; in such a way that many contemporary architects are taking up the concept in order to recover the architectural values ​​of a region and build taking advantage of available resources adapting to the physical environment. This work aims to delve into the concept of vernacular architecture and the elements that make it up so that we can identify the vernacular characteristics that have influenced the contemporary architecture of some vineyards in Mexico