Southwest house plans are inspired by the desert landscape and are typically built with stucco or brick exteriors. Southwest style house plans are usually asymmetrical and one-story. With stucco and adobe styling and spacious interiors, our Southwest home plans capture life in the desert, no matter where you are building. Influenced by the original Spanish colonial settlements throughout the Southwest, these house plans usually call for ornamental flat frames with highly decorative carved doors and stonework, patterned tile work, columns, and courtyard fountains.