Many common houses in western USA use somewhat semi-circle brown clay shingles. This would be a useful asset for many architects looking to design a spanish or mediteranian house. This style of architecture is very common in Spain, and California.
Addition of Southern American Trees like: Crape Myrtle, Juniper, Great Oak, Redoak, Cedar Elm, Desert Willow, Mexican Buckeye, Redbud, Mesquite, Pecan, etc.
We work in the Caribbean and recently had renders returned because the models we used were not representative of its users. Regions: Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname.