check out Donald Gardner house plans. They can even alter a plan to fit your needs. Good luck
You can search and sort any way to find what you want. Country, farmhouse, cape, colonial, historic, could all be search words to try.
http://www.dongardner.com/colonial_house_plans.aspx?pr=6fa257b8-19b8-462c-a07c-1e7bc33d4fed&ob=TotalSqFt+ASC&ps=8&pn=1

Thanks, Alwaysdesigning. Has anyone had a POSITIVE experience with green focused architect for a reasonable price (

Alison and Jon - I take it you have a lot already? If so, is it flat? If it's flat, a pre-made "catalog" house plan could work well, provided you find one that meets your functional and aesthetic requirements. Like alwaysdesigning suggested, a company that has catalog designs may be able to adjust the plans as you like. If it can't, you may need to enlist an structural engineer (which you will need anyway to design the footing and foundation) to ensure that the elimination of walls to create an open plan does not compromise the structural integrity.

When you say "green," do you mean sustainable? If that's the case, I highly recommend that you hire a trained design professional (LEED AP) who can guide you through the process because there are always trade-offs when trying to achieve optimum sustainability.

FYI - I designed a house on Martha's Vineyard that took into consideration the traditional, historic context of the existing architecture, but had an open, contemporary floor plan. I have attached some images. Best of luck to you...

My husband is an architect here in Dallas. They always work their client's plans as green and sustainable. A reasonable price is determined by the size of the project and how extensively detailed it gets for the green and sustainable materials, but they are typically doing homes for several millions. To be green and sustainable is not cheap. Good luck

I think you will have difficulty finding a stock floor plan that suits your needs. Your design goals sound challenging enough that I feel hiring a reputable local architect would pay huge dividends for you. I would recommend starting your search on Houzz's "Professionals" page for your metro area, and use search terms like "green", "sustainable", etc. I would venture that most of the projects that come up will be by their nature open and light-filled. Take the time to meet with a few of these architects and get an understanding of how they work.

The AIA has a good list of questions to organize your thoughts, but there are others as well:

http://www.aia.org/value/questions/AIAS076356

Good luck!