Journal
Guides and ideas for designing a home or a building, developing a section, furnishing rooms and getting the garden right.

Guides
Starting from a finished design: the store, free designs and plans
More than 900 finished designs in 21 kinds of building, 20 of them free. How buying one works, and what each AI Plan Creator plan includes.
Oct 13, 2026 · 2 min read
#designstore #plansandpricing #architectural #homedesign

Guides
Walk through before you build: 3D, the walkthrough and the guided tour
See a design from the street, at dusk, from inside its rooms, and on a tour led by an AI guide. How each view helps you decide before anything is built.
Oct 11, 2026 · 1 min read
#3d #walkthrough #visualisation

AI assistants
Connect AI Plan Creator to Claude, ChatGPT or Grok
Design a house by chatting with the assistant you already use. How the connector works, the steps for each assistant, and what it can and cannot do.
Oct 8, 2026 · 1 min read
#mcp #claude #chatgpt

Garden
Design a garden by asking: seven styles and twelve features
Ask the agent to landscape the garden and it plants it, paves it and fences it, in a style you choose. The styles, the features, and how to change the result.
Oct 5, 2026 · 1 min read
#gardendesign #landscaping #aiagent

Guides
Lighting, electrical and plumbing plans: what they show and what they are not
AI Plan Creator lays out lights, switches, sockets and plumbing for every design. How to read the sheets, and why they are for planning, not for building.
Oct 1, 2026 · 1 min read
#services #lighting #electrical

Planning
Terrace housing: five forms for a row of townhouses
A terrace is a row of townhouses, each with its own front door, front yard and back yard. The five forms AI Plan Creator draws, and what each suits.
Sep 28, 2026 · 1 min read
#terracehousing #townhouses #multiunit

Planning
Developing a section in Auckland: how to read the indicative check
Enter a site's frontage, depth and zone, and see what it could take. What the check measures, what it does not, and how to use it with your planner.
Sep 21, 2026 · 1 min read
#auckland #developasection #townhouses

Styles
Architectural homes: what the Architectural look changes
Glass from floor to ceiling, two or three materials, deep roof edges and lights outside: what the Architectural look does, and where to find it.
Sep 14, 2026 · 1 min read
#architectural #designstyles #exteriors

Guides
How to describe a home so the AI drafts the plan you want
A good brief is one sentence long. What to put in it, what the agent does with it, and how to change what comes back.
Sep 7, 2026 · 2 min read
#aidesign #floorplans #homedesign
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