The history of building technology could be regarded as a reflection of human cultural developments. Building technology inf luenced and even shaped the format of architecture forms in many ways. The Research of Southeast Asia and Southwest China Minority Architecture Culture elaborated the relationships between the architecture of Southeast Asia and Southwest China Minority Architecture in the perspective of building technologies, and its impact on architecture forms of Southwest China Minority. It also pointed out how technological developments affect format. Besides, it proposed that cultural transmission could promote the technological developments and cultural inertia could restrict its developments. This essay tried to unravel the writer’s research method and proposed the architecture historical conception which should make culture consistent with technological developments.