http://www.homeconcepts.ca/house-floor-plans-home%20floor%20plans/house-plans-home-plans-building-resources.htm
This is a link directly to a plan page. Scroll down a bit for some free detail drawings: Corbell Block, Window casings, energy efficient wall system, cedar bracket, and timber bracket.
A little further are some building notes: Cedar shingle installation, frost protected shallow foundations, building codes (Hey, Fisette again ;D), and construction glossary.
At the very bottom is a building resources links section.
Go to the plan page (http://www.homeconcepts.ca/home-plans-home-designs/home-plans-home-designs-plan-portfolio.htm) for some interesting plans some inline with the size of John's Universal Cottage and Solar Saltbox (they have a very nice looking solar saltbox too). (The Beckwith remind you of anything? http://www.homeconcepts.ca/home-plans-home-designs/unique-home-plans-unique-home-designs/home-designs-8640_Beckwith.htm).
I stumbled on this page long ago. I had found John's site but hadn't bookmarked it. For some reason I remembered the term Solar Saltbox. The first link in Google was homeconcepts.ca, the second for John's site. There are some neat looking houses in there; some of the carriage houses would make nice first structures to get someone on a lot while the main structure is constructed.