The small Post-War 1  1/2-Storey House - Part Two Subsequent to my previous post:  The small Post-War 1 1/2-Storey House - Part One , I felt that I needed a follow-up to share more information that I have come across and to share some additional floor plans. Carleton Heights Co-op homes: Image taken from the NFB Eve Witness no. 40 video in the link below. During the early 1950s a group of families worked as a co-operative to pool their resources and labour to built 29 small 1  1/2-storey houses in the Carleton Heights neighbourhood. From what I can tell, they were built on Argue Drive near Goodwin Avenue. Additions have been built onto a number of houses and even full-height second floors. In more recent years a number of the houses have been torn down and replaced with much larger houses, something that is becoming more common in that neighbourhood. Here is a link to a NFB video on the project (it starts at the 7:20 mark in the video):  Eye Witness no. 40 Some More...

Below is a 1963 brochure and the floor plans that I have for the Teron-built homes in Graham Park, adjacent to Qualicum. Some of the same designs were built in Lynwood Village, and were also adapted for Beaverbrook. This is a wonderful example of mid 20th-century home builder ephemera, so I will let the images speak for themselves. Enjoy!

A key element of a floor plan brochure is the exterior image of what the house will look like once built. These are typically drawings or paintings and are easier to understand than a technical blueprint rendering of a facade. Many of these images from the mid-20th century are like a work of art. The detail and artistic flourish of this ephemera has always delighted me. Sadly, the artists behind these images are not often disclosed, although sometimes initials or a signature appear at the bottom of the page. In more recent times the artistic nature of these images has been lost with computer-generated facade renderings on floor plan brochures. So, let us celebrate a these hand-crafted images from the mid-20th century! ASSALY Assaly's facade images from the 1960s often depict picture-perfect nuclear families. Each one is very painterly and depict a variety of seasons - such as the autumn image below. By far these are the most detailed of the floor plan facade images from...