And now it's time to introduce the top residential designers and architects in the United States, who collectively make up the House Designers. Together they bring a multitude of house styles and design ingenuity to the table, so that you the audience - future home builder - can have a healthy sampling of today's hottest home designs to start building your dream home.
Behind door number one (we're not ranking them) is 32-year veteran designer Larry James of Larry James & Associates, Inc. This Louisiana designer has a flair for designing traditional homes that never go out of style. According to James, his passion is to design homes that look as good 100 years from now as they do today. For a timeless look, James is the designer for you.
Our next designer is Alan Mascord of Alan Mascord Design Associates, Inc., who hails from Oregon. Founded in 1983, Mascord's architectural design firm has built a reputation for designing homes on not so flat lots. If the site of your future home is less than perfect, you'll want to check out one of their proven home plans - and there are hundreds to choose from.
Hailing from the deep south is Edsel Breland, president of Breland & Farmer Designers. His passion is for designing energy efficient homes. Breland experienced first hand the energy crisis in Mississippi shortly after founding his company in 1973. Their philosophy is to create home designs that combine the comfort and nostalgia of the past with the efficiency and convenience of the future.
Next up is the Texas quintet of Danze & Davis Architects, Inc., which is a 44-year firm featuring founders Leo P. Danze and H.Ross Davis and new partners, Donovan R. Davis, Elizabeth A. Danze and Gary L. Wagner. Along with a team of 25 dedicated employees, this firm specializes in designing reasonably priced detached and attached houses for building companies, custom home client and home design publishers.
James Zirkel's collection of over 8,000 homes built around the world will inspire your imagination. His award-winning homes today become tomorrow's timeless classics. His provocative exteriors lure you in to his homes with flowing, functional, and elegant interiors that satisfy all the desires of every day life. James Zirkel - Designing American neighborhoods - One family at a time.
Running his own firm in Long Island, architect Jerold Axelrod, who's niche is designing housing units (aka apartments and town houses), as well as single-family houses. His design philosophy is based on designing functional, flawless and furnishable floor plans - one that has been proven to work for over 30 years.
Home design has been a passion of Jim Wells of Atlanta Plan Source since middle school. His plans haven't received the "Best-Selling House Plan" award for eight consecutive years for no reason — his designs are the ultimate combination of form and function. Wells loves the challenge of creating highly efficient floor plans with lots of space and exciting design elements so families can build their dream home.
Together the House Designers offer hundreds of years of design experience to help you build your dream home--no matter where you live. And if that's not enough, you have thousands of America's most popular home plans at your fingertips.
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