Architecture Plans

(These plans will help students develop their own home designs)
By: Allison Belanger
 
Alternative Home Plans, House Plans for Unique Houses - Architect Designed Custom Homes Homeplans Houseplans and Residential Design Blueprints
     This site offers an array of homes.  With a few clicks one can easily view homes, inside and out.  The architectural plans are labeled perfectly and include the measurements for the various rooms.  The plans are also large enough so that anyone would be able to see how the home was designed.  One can even order blueprints of a home if a design caught their eye.  This is a wonderful site.
Barn Plans - Blueprints, Gambrel Roof, Barns, Homes,
Garage Workshops, Dormer Window
 
     When you enter the Barn Plans web site, a cartoon drawing is displayed on the screen.  There is, of course, a barn and a horse.  The picture is definitely an eye catcher for the reader to keep browsing their web site.  The site offers realistic pictures of barns and quotes from many people considering a barn home or any of the other choices.  The barn plans have measurements along with easy to read room names.  If you want to try to live in a barn house or just have a barn for your animals, this is the perfect site for you!
Bruinier & Associates Inc - home plan design
 
     Brunier & Associates inc. offer a wide variety of house plans.  They have plans for single families, duplexes, town houses, apartments, and even commercial buildings.  The web site offers you the view of the exterior and then a blueprint of the interior.  Each home/building that you see on the screen gives you how many sq. ft. each floor is .  This is a great site when looking for ideas in designing different style homes/buildings.
house plans, home plans and blueprints from National Award winning
DesignHouse available by calling 1-888-909-PLAN
 
     In this web site they offer a beautiful home as their "Feature Home."  The picture is in color and comes with a highly detailed plan.  The plan is very easy to read and follow.  The site also offers a chance for viewers to take note of their books that are available in bookstores.  This way they can have the designs in their home and not necessarily on their computer.  The other plans that are portrayed in their site are done in color so you can easily distinguish between doorways, appliances, etc...  Another option that can be taken is to view actual pictures of already existing homes.  This a wonderful and very detailed web site!
House Plans by: A Larry Farnsworth, Residential Designer
 
     The House Plans web site is beautifully done, beginning with a picture of a magnificent home.  This site lets you decide what plans you want to browse through.  They have Single Family Residences, Vacation Plans, and Garage Plans.  All the plans together make up over 2,000 plans.  Since they have over 350 house plans, they let you decide many things.  You decide if you want 1 or 2 stories, the minimum and maximum square footage, and the minimum and maximum number of bedrooms.  Then you are given a list, including pictures, of the homes that fit your description.  The plans have a lot of detail including room measurements.  The web site also offers its viewers a help button that is shown the entire time you are browsing.  This site is very user-friendly and a great place to find the perfect home.
MOUSE-IN-THE-HOUSE (TM) RESIDENTIAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
 
     As you click on this web site a cute mouse greets you.  From there you can start browsing their site.  Each plan is drawn using colored pencils and the site mentions that the homes can be printed on a color printer.  When you choose a home and begin looking at the plans, you can notice that each one is very detailed.  This site offers its readers a House Selection List.  The list gives certain qualities that most homes buyers would want to know.  The chart is easy to read and follow and makes choosing a home simpler.  The web site also offers CD ROM's of many plans and individual plans for one home.  There is a list of contractors and architects on the site along with their addresses.  The web site is done in so many eye catching colors, that you may find it hard to leave!
Bungalow Bungalows Victorian Arts & Crafts Craftsman Period Homes for the New Urbanist
 
     This web site has home plans from the historic period.  You can view Bungalows, Victorians, Farm Houses, Classic Cottages, the Louisiana Collection, and coming soon the Colonial Heritage.  When you decide on the type of home, a list appears with the size, # of stories, # of rooms, and features.  Then you decide the home you want to see and you get a measurement included floor plan.  The site even offers ceiling height and overall dimensions for each home.  The appearance of the web site is very authentic and victorian looking.  The site is great for those who love old looking homes!
W.D. Farmer's Home Plans
     The W.D. Farmer's web site offers many house plans.  They have Country Style, Traditional Style, and European Style home plans.  The web pages are put together in a way that is easy for the browser to follow.  When you find a plan you like, you can note that the blueprints are wonderfully detailed with room names and sizes.  The site also shows sq. footage for the first and, if there is a, second floor.  They even total sq. ft. for other rooms.  An example would be a sun deck.  The site gives three different styles of homes and portrays them in an easy-to-follow way.  This is a great web site for people looking for new ideas.
Virtual Home Design
 
     This web site is like no other.  Every picture that is shown is virtually drawn.  The plans of each home are big enough so that you can easily read the room name and measurement.  The site has plans for single story, one & a half story, two story, multiple family, views, and recreational homes.  Each virtual image of a home is done in color and very aesthetically pleasing.  They have charts that list the features of each home.  The web site also has log homes that you may browse through.  This site is great for everyone, especially for those who love log homes.
Classic Cottages, house plans to view online
     The Classic Cottages web site has 91 cottages home plans to choose from.  When looking at each cottage the plans are differently than most.  The floor plans have just names for the appropriate rooms.  They are very legible and easy to read.  Then there is a chart that lists each room and the dimensions for that particular room.  Below the plan and the chart, is a drawing of the cottage.  There are many styles of classic cottages to choose from.  These cottages truly remind you of the beach and all it's calmness.