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Alan Mascord Design Associates is a leading designer of home plans, and just received a technology upgrade from Autodesk to deliver house plans more efficiently.

If you like to live green, consider including eco-friendly features into a custom home design. Here are the top features to include in green house plans.

Cottage house plans are just plain charming, designed for family gatherings. Here are just a few of the benefits cottage home plans offer.

If you’re looking for home plans with beautiful, intricate designs, consider Victorian house plans. Here are the main features making Victorian home plans popular.

For many families, uniting under a single roof is becoming increasingly important, thus growing the need for multigenerational home plans with in-law suites.

This week’s featured house plan is the Hendrick, a classic Craftsman house plan with rustic elegance and features from the Arts and Crafts movement.

The Spring 2012 issue of Mascord Living Spaces is now available for free download on the App Store. Demonstrated by Kevin Lynch during the Adobe MAX keynote last fall, the premier issue brought revolutionary iPad interactivity to the home design industry. This brand new edition continues to impress with interactive renderings, fantastic photography and amazing custom and ready-to-build home designs from the talented team at Alan Mascord Design Associates.

This article lists the top features to look for when choosing home plans for a smaller house, or how small house plans can be used for building an ADU.

This article is a brief explanation of what 3D printing of floor plans is and how they help homeowners better visualize their house plans.

When choosing home plans, homebuyers want to be able to visualize what it will look like. Here are a few good formats to help them understand their floor plans.

Browsing through house plans is easier than ever with our new "Home Plan Finder" iPad App. You can sort through our pre-designed home plans from anywhere!

This week’s featured house plan is the Pasadena, a traditional Craftsman house plan incorporating additional design features from the Arts and Crafts movement.

We have packages available to meet your current needs whatever stage you're at in choosing a design for your home, and when you're ready to build, the right package to meet the requirements of your construction team.

This week’s featured house plan is a multi-generational home plan called the Vidabelo. The Vidabelo is a traditional Craftsman house plan, with added elegance.

We are proud to let all our clients know that our home plans are designed and printed in the USA. At first, you might think that "Made in USA" is just a slogan promoted to capture patriotic spenders, but the truth is that there are many reasons to consider supporting and buying American-manufactured goods. Here's a few of our reasons:

Home builders are often more talented than clients give them credit for. Look at these amazing carvings created from carpenters' pencils! With such attention to detail, one can only imagine what a full house will look like! :-)

If you’re looking for home plans that perfectly combine past and present, consider Ranch house plans. Here are the main reasons Ranch home plans are popular.

Sloping lot house plans present unique challenges, but also offer unique advantages. Here’s what to consider when choosing floor plans for sloping lots.

All house plans come with the standard rooms, but if you want to modify or customize your floor plans, here are the top 5 most sought-after design features.

Is it your dream to live on the coast? While perusing home plans, here are the most important considerations to take into account concerning coastal house plans.