@Balkins

In the diversifying, I'm still trying to figure out how to negotiate the hurdles. I'm currently looking at a current need in the area.... affordable housing. It isn't the end game but possibly a step forward. 

Development sounds interesting but it comes with its challenges to navigate.

It sounds from this like you're trying to reinvent the wheel. Want to do affordable housing? Go apply at a firm that specializes in it. Make connections, learn from them, eventually move up, maybe strike out on your own. 

I live & work in Portland, by the way. I know Astoria well enough. Did some programming (architectural, not computer) work with your library renovation in grad school. I don't think anything ever came of it.

balkins you need to be in the basement working on my app.....

Hi guys im not a ghost and i have red most of this highly offtop discussion.

as i said before i fell in love with bungalow style from a first glance.

after some research a picked bungalow for reproduce(make a copy for myself) just to know how expensive&complicated it is.just for fun. this one http://www.theshelterstudio.com/project/Craftsman_13

after few days spent in AutoCad i got this

https://fotki.yandex.ru/users/earthfrom/album/163319/

am still working on it.  also plan to make it in revit .this house is nice but complicated as hell especially roof

you don't need to turn the roof rafters to overhang if you are using the timber beams, which also need to be beefier. where in Russia are you building this? just asking bc of snow shedding and insulation.

i was was thought about  those purlins ,dont know for sure but think that they are decorative

rafters are 7.25 in  rise 16 ft pitch 5:12

3d model is here dwg format https://yadi.sk/d/shGwDxS0mTwkT version for 24 dec

3d model on  google drive https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5rbUw6yYlHYVy11S0Rtb1hZUWM/view?usp=sharing

good day architects!  its me again

my final post here

after few mistakes has been eliminated got this 

Which way is north and what are the climate extremes where it will be built?

All you need to be an architect is a free computer program.

thanks.  terrible it is .   i dont know where is north here. 

used autocad and Larry Haun book.

it will not be build. its just a copy of original one from here http://www.theshelterstudio.com/project/Craftsman_13

Donna Sink, thanks for your notes.  Roof frame is still under design, plenty of errors here(i am still thinking about rational framing - how to do rational).

but roof form(surface) is exactly as it is in the shelter studio original project. i spent much time to figure out this one.

3d model is here please take a look 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5rbUw6yYlHYeFEtckptX1BydzA/view?usp=sharing

any notes&remarks matter for me so feel free to criticize in any form

it is supposed to be 2 car rear entry car garage. pretty wide think that 4 car will fit

especially for non Sequitur

now we got 4

I guess people will climb out of their cars through the sunroof after they park?

I may have seen a worse floor plan once.

Then again, maybe not.

I'm confused as to what you're trying to accomplish.  Where are you planning to build this house, if anywhere? For whom?

The house you copied is from a fairly high-end mixed-use development in which the majority of single-family homes are fairly open, generously-sized 1- and 2-bedroom cottages in the $350k to $475k range - but you seem to be trying to stuff a much denser traditional post-war ranch house program into your house - not really the same intent as the original into which you're trying to fit it.

its a toy story house, OP is bored and OP is not building it.

archiwutm8 - true

 kjdt, first  thanks for ur reply.

i was modelling this house using Larry Hauns methods. wonder how else can i virtually build this one to be in high end wave. it is interesting. next one i'll  use something not from post ww2 era.

i used

monolithic 6" strip reinforsed concrete foundation 

lowered 7.25in  wood frame floor  (due original has no entrance stair)

standard 5.5 in studs  and somewhere 3.5 in  +  3/8 OSB sheathing

7.25 in joist over high spans 16in step. etc etc etc.

7 1/2" Joists / 5 1/2" studs with 3 1/2" what? Insulation?  - I guess the US is not alone in being unconcerned with energy costs and R values

You'll get what, 11'-0" span out of your floor joists?  Not sure what sense that makes.

This is so unbelievably bad design.

Maybe the guy needing help with roof pitches should build this. 

I love the garage

I like the vestibule / hall / mudroom - none of which connect...

"Larry wrote the books on production framing." -fine home building

so the OP is learning how to frame his house from a production builder who wrote carpentry books for laypersons.  

i can hear the following in a DIY forum.  "hire a professional and get the bare minimum you need to do the rest yourself.  their other services are just throwing money away that could be saved for your chicken coop and catfish pond."  

we watched a video by Larry on framing once - it as pretty incredible.  Seemed like he used a 24" long hammer and drove ever nail with one blow.

I'd start with getting the design right before worrying about the framing

Nobody uses a hammer for framing any more, they just pepper the shit out of everything with air nailers. You can tell by the splintered studs with 20 toenails and the long lines of sheathing air nails.

The long handled hammer with a light head is the tool of choice for pros. The long handle provides the leverage that does the work. A short-handled heavy hammer - 20-24 oz. or more - is a just a bludgeon. It tries to make up for the lack of leverage with increased weight.

Apparently Larry is a minor celebrity, lots of videos on YouTube. Guess I wasn't the only one amazed by watching him work

Can't say I like Larry's methods.

For example, to support window headers he uses a "trimmer" (short jack stud) sitting on a window sill plate and supported by a cripple below instead of a jack stud sitting on the shoe. This adds a layer of shrinkage which will allow the header to drop accordingly. Good framers equalize structural shrinkage. Inserting an additional unnecessary horizontal member in a bearing situation is bad practice.

Saw that while skimming the video and stopped there.

So, if you are in the bedroom in the upper left corner and want to go pee at night, you have got to go through the entry hallway, through the living room, through the dining room and down the hallway to get to the bathroom that is on the other side of your bedroom wall?

volunteer- such are the shortcomings of DIY warriors and amateur "building designers."

I have a computer program. Now I'm an architect.

I have a hammer. Now I'm a contractor.

I have a knife. Now I'm a surgeon.

Who wouldn't want their master bed off the kitchen and another br of the front door? Please don't take the jokes personally

I don't understand the point of this exercise.  You saw a house in an animated movie that you liked, searched for a real house sort of like it, copied the exterior form of that house but tried to stuff in twice the room count and added a 2 car garage...  How to frame it seems like the least of the problems.

So, if you are in the bedroom in the upper left corner and want to go pee at night, you have got to go through the entry hallway, through the living room, through the dining room and down the hallway to get to the bathroom that is on the other side of your bedroom wall?

 funny, i did't noticed.