Comparing Chief Architect Premier and Home Designer Pro


Chief Architect Home Design Software

Phillip Gibney Profile Image By Phillip Gibney

Chief Architect Software is a leading software developer that focuses solely on home design software. Chief Architect Software offers two product lines: Chief Architect for design professionals and Home Designer Software for DIY home enthusiasts. If you are an industry professional looking for a design program or using Home Designer Software, you may have questions about the differences between our two software lines and the advantages of the Chief Architect line.

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Winning Designs – March’s Kitchen, Bath, and Interiors Design Contest


Shabby chic kitchen with large windows for natural light with gray neutral colors.

Design of the Year Contest Winners


Winning designs collage for the the 2020 Design of the year Contest

Creating Beauty out of the Ordinary


Modern bathroom with duel inset sinks and dark cabinetry.

Profile image of Danielle Schroeder By Danielle Schroeder

Creating beauty out of the ordinary is what Jordan Willaby does best. She believes our homes, relationships, and our daily moments can be unique. Jordan uses design to make those areas of life extraordinary!

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Winning Designs – November’s Residential Design Contest


Front of Michael Burt's Winning Design.

2020 Chief Architect Design of the Year Contest Finalists


Design of the Year 2020 Graphic

Profile image of Danielle Schroeder By Danielle Schroeder

Chief Architect holds monthly design contests for customers to show off their work throughout the year. Designers with different backgrounds and design styles go head-to-head in the Kitchen/Bath & Interiors, Remodel/Additions, and Residential categories.

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Build Small, Live Large with Larry Singleton Designs


Micro living house with 3 stories and deck over carport.

Larry Singleton, a micro living residential designer from Georgia, won 1st place in the Residential Design Contest. His focus on small spaces gained large interest.

After the 2008 recession collapsed his 20-year Design Build Business, Larry Singleton started his encore career as an Architectural Design teacher. Now in his retirement, he is pursuing a passion for building “micro homes.” The pocket neighborhoods battle the continued struggle for affordable housing and encourage a minimalist lifestyle embraced by newer generations. He used Chief Architect from 2001 to 2009 for his Design/Build business and has benefitted again from Chief Architect Software as a designer since 2019.

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Catalog Partner Program Brings Brands to your Fingertips


a grid of brand logos indicating those that are downloadable from Chief Architect's 3D Library

Author's portraitBy Adrean Stephenson

At some point, your ideas and designs will become a reality. When things get real, you’ll be collecting part numbers and prices, then putting in orders, and finally seeing all of your visions come to fruition.

Life can be a lot easier when the goods you plan to purchase are plucked directly from your favorite brands’ digital catalogs and then placed into your Chief Architect and Home Designer projects.

One goal of our Content Development team is to make this process easy and accessible. We work with many brand partners to curate digital catalogs that are specifically compatible with the Chief Architect family of software. Our hosting tool for these brand catalogs, and an array of other downloadable content for enhancing your work, is the 3D Library.

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Winning Designs – September/October’s Kitchen, Bath, and Interiors Design Contest


Warm modern kitchen design with large windows and gold cabinet hardware.

Designing with a Purpose


Bedroom Rendering

Profile image of Danielle Schroeder by Danielle Schroeder

Savanna’s purpose is not only to create beautiful designs but to also promote independence in the workplace while giving a portion of her proceeds to the Down Syndrome Association.

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