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BATH MASTERY WITH CHIEF ARCHITECT

From introduction to bathroom guidelines and accessibility standards to faucets, lighting, cabinets and tile choices, learn how to create custom bathrooms that your clients will adore.

Designers will have an applicable knowledge of bath design.

  • Students will identify their client’s needs and apply this information to their design practice. 

  • Students will be able to incorporate the time-saving cad skills in their Bath Design/Construction Plans

Looking for additional support? Robin offers one-on-one Chief Architect mentoring!

  • Work on specific challenges you are experiencing with Chief Architect

  • Get your questions answered immediately

  • Customized one-on-one support from Robin

 

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KITCHEN DESIGN MASTERY with CHIEF ARCHITECT

 

Kitchen Design Mastery with Chief Architect

Course Length: 6 Weeks

In this 6 week course, Robin will share with you her experiences of the principles and best practices for designing kitchens, Dan will show you how to take your ideas and create great-looking and accurate plans using Chief Architect!

COURSE WILL COVER:

  • Design Theory and Information Gathering

  • Introduction To Chief Architect for Kitchen Design

  • NKBA Guidelines and Conceptual Plans

  • Gathering Project-Specific Information

  • Kitchen Design Principles and Plan Layout

  • Using Chief to Create the Plan

  • Making Selections – Plumbing, Appliances, Etc.

  • Customizing Your Chief Architect Plan

  • Adding Lighting and Specialty Items

  • Adding Electrical and Details Using Chief

  • Materials and Specifications

  • Layout and Presentations

 
 

BATH MASTERY with CHIEF ARCHITECT

 

Bath Mastery with Chief Architect

Course Length: 3 Weeks
Cost: $695

By the end of this 3-week Bathroom Mastery Design course, you will have an applicable knowledge of bath design! You will be able to identify your clients’ needs and apply this information to their design practice. You will also be able to incorporate time-saving CAD skills into your Bath Design/Construction Plans.

COURSE WILL COVER:

  • Shower construction details: linear drain/curbless showers, sizes, steam showers

  • New NKBA Bathroom Guidelines and Accessibility standards and how to apply them to your designs

  • Custom Symbols

  • Learn how to create dormers and vaulted ceilings, shower curbs, shower walls, niches, benches, and more

  • Review and breakdown of shower sizes & functionality 

  • How to create a shower in Chief Architect

  • Vanity storage, design, heights, functionality

  • Selecting toilets for your client

  • Lighting/ventilation

  • Custom cabinets and how to create a library

  • Saving custom schedules to your template

  • Creating multiple layout page sizes in one layout template

 
 

LIGHT UP YOUR DESIGN:
LIGHTING DESIGN FOR KITCHEN & BATH

 

Light Up Your Design: Lighting Design for Kitchen & Bath with Chief Architect

Course Length: 3 Sessions, 2 Hours per session

By the end of this three-week course, designers will have an applicable knowledge of lighting design.  Students will understand watts, lumens, and candle power and how this knowledge will determine their lamp and fixture selection.  They will apply this knowledge to their kitchen and bath designs. Students will be able to incorporate the time-saving cad skills in their Bath Design/Construction Plans

COURSE WILL COVER:

  • Read and understand photometrics from lighting suppliers, apply this knowledge to your kitchen and bath designs

  • Understand how lumens and candlepower apply to good lighting design

  • Lumen and candle power requirements per room

  • The Math and design layout

  • Lamp and fixture selection

  • Lighting for kitchens, baths, and more

  • Lighting controls

  • Creating an electrical plan in Chief Architect

 

I’m a Better Designer

I just completed the Kitchen Mastery Program with Chief Experts. The design education with Robin Fisher helped me become a better kitchen designer! And the training I received on Chief Architect has made me become more efficient and to work smarter. I invest in education because knowledge is power!

—Rebecca Steinberg

Design Advice Borne out of Experience

Robin Fisher is a perfect choice for this class. She is very conversant with Chief Architect, giving advice borne out of experience. Her goal of making a complex program understandable was met.

—Annonymous

Very Knowledgeable!

Robin is a very knowledgeable instructor who is always willing to answer questions and give help when needed.

—Annonymous

 

I Learned a Lot!

I learned a lot in this class. Robin is very informative and knowledgeable re kitchen and bath and design. She is friendly and helpful.

-Anonymous