Most of these designs have recently arisen from more humble roots as "tract houses", to become something just a little bit more than what you would typically expect to find in most suburban subdivisions. A few designs began as more ambitious projects, such as Country Home #5, Prairie #7B and Prairie #12, below.
Also added to this page is the first of a smallish series of "Northwest" house designs. Take a look at Northwest #1 and Northwest #3, below.
Added Northwest #2, as well.
I can't say where the inspiration for this house design came from, exactly. When I began, as it is for so many house designs, I really didn't know where I was going or where I would end up, but I did have a small germ of an idea, and simply expanded it until it became a complete design.
I also do like this design, a lot. It's not perfect, (truthfully, none are) but it has several very nice features that you might like, as well.
This design began its life as "Tract House #10". Somewhere along the way it grew up to be more than that. It's not quite as ambitious as Country Home #1, on which it is loosely based, but I still felt it deserved more dignified treatment.
This design began life as "Tract House #12" but as sometimes happens, it became more than "just" a tract house. Though it is rather small (by my usual standards), at just over 1800 sq. ft., it's got some really nice finishing and other features. And not only that, I rather like the floor plan, too!
This design, like the others on this page, began as "Tract House #5" and became something more. (Sounds like a recurring theme, doesn't it?) This floor plan, more than many of my designs, is quite good. I really like the general layout of this house. Check it out. It's all new!
I got the inspiration for this house design from a few photos and a couple of postage-stamp-sized floor plans of another design (not my own). The salient features that I decided to explore were: 1) semi-attached garage in front, and 2) bedroom over a high-ceilinged living room. Well, I eliminated the bedroom over the living room, but otherwise, this is somewhat what I had in mind.
Also note that some of the renderings, especially in the living room, took about an hour. Apparently the 3D plants take a lot of time to render properly.
I got the idea for this house design while I was busy detailing Suburban Contemporary #15A, so I decided to model it. If you count the basement (suitable for a bedroom and rec. room), it's about 3,600 sq. ft., with a typical Prairie-inspired roofline (hence the name). It also has a 3 car garage with shop, and a bi-level deck in the back. In the rear is a walk-out basement. This is a very stately home, not without some interior amenities. Wait till you see the master bath and master bedroom! This house design also has the new record for longest rendering time, at just over 50 minutes!
I found a design I liked on a web site, so I decided to make a similar design. This is not really a "Prairie" design, of course, but renaming everything is such a pain, so I decided to keep the misnomer and carry on.
This is a pretty nice design, and it has a lot of interesting details on both the interior and exterior. Check it out.
I have wanted to do an "A-Line" design for the longest time. Early on I had severe difficulties managing the intersections between the walls and the steeply pitched roofs. In the 7.0 version of Home Designer Pro, this functionality seems much improved.
This design is L-shaped, though you can't see it in this view. The left side of the house (as we look at it, here) extends toward the back. This design is a somewhat basic split-entry, or perhaps it should be called a sunken living room design. Either way, there is a very high, peaked ceiling over the main living areas.
This design is somewhat reminiscent of the Suburban Contemporary series of designs, in that portions of the floor plan are rotated 45°. The angled stairwell visible in the front of this view gives this away.
This house, with its tapered foundation walls and corbels under the roof eaves, evokes the Craftsman style. As far as I'm concerned it is legitimately a Country Home.
Check it out. I like this design.
This is a Pacific Northwest-inspired design, probably the last one. I do like this design, but like so many it has compromises and some things that didn't turn out quite the way I would have liked.
Still, it's pretty nice, check it out.
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