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The architecture of a place is the interplay of several factors ranging from climatic, geographic, physical, socio-cultural, environmental, economic, and resource availability. The vernacular architecture based on traditional wisdom helps bring a comfortable built environment for the people and the community. Vernacular architecture style includes sustainable construction techniques and building materials that can be adopted in contemporary architecture style. This paper aims at studying sustainable and local practices of architecture and its application in the case of Bengal. The study's methodology is the descriptive analysis through comprehensive literature of the published works relevant to the vernacular architecture of Bengal and secondary case studies demonstrating the vernacular architectural elements and style and their advantages in bringing a comfortable built environment for the community. In the process, the study helps analyze the climate responsive architectural features adopted in the buildings. This study ultimately helps in understanding the factors and the design solutions to achieve a sustainable building with the vernacular architectural style and locally available cost-effective materials in the case of Bengal.