Architect
noun
A person who designs buildings and often supervises their construction.
The architect has just sent us the designs for the new school building.
Often appears as...
- landscape architect
- chief architect
noun
A person who is responsible for creating or describing a complex system or idea.
She's the architect of her own success.
Often appears as...
- architect of peace
- architect of change
noun
A person who programs or plans the structure and organization of a computer system or network.
The company hired a skilled architect to design their IT infrastructure.
Often appears as...
- data architect
- system architect
noun
A person who designs buildings and often supervises their construction.
The architect has just sent us the designs for the new school building.
Often appears as...
- landscape architect
- chief architect
noun
A person who is responsible for creating or describing a complex system or idea.
She's the architect of her own success.
Often appears as...
- architect of peace
- architect of change
noun
A person who programs or plans the structure and organization of a computer system or network.
The company hired a skilled architect to design their IT infrastructure.
Often appears as...
- data architect
- system architect
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Design Expertise
Architects need deep knowledge of design, materials, and regulations.
An experienced architect can navigate complex building codes.
Pro Tip 2/3Supervision Role
Architects often oversee construction to ensure design integrity.
The architect made regular site visits to supervise the crew.
Pro Tip 3/3Creative Vision
The term suggests creativity in designing structures that please and function well.
As the architect, she envisioned a building that blended with nature.
Pro Tip 1/3Design Expertise
Architects need deep knowledge of design, materials, and regulations.
An experienced architect can navigate complex building codes.
Pro Tip 2/3Supervision Role
Architects often oversee construction to ensure design integrity.
The architect made regular site visits to supervise the crew.
Pro Tip 3/3Creative Vision
The term suggests creativity in designing structures that please and function well.
As the architect, she envisioned a building that blended with nature.
Pro Tip 1/3Design Expertise
Architects need deep knowledge of design, materials, and regulations.
An experienced architect can navigate complex building codes.
Pro Tip 2/3Supervision Role
Architects often oversee construction to ensure design integrity.
The architect made regular site visits to supervise the crew.
Pro Tip 3/3Creative Vision
The term suggests creativity in designing structures that please and function well.
As the architect, she envisioned a building that blended with nature.
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Build a tower, build a...
to collaborate very quickly. And so, I thought this was an interesting idea, and I incorporated it into a design workshop. And it was a huge success. And since then, I've conducted about 70 design workshops across the world with students and designers and architects,
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Will there ever be a...
The higher we build, the higher the gravitational pressure from the upper stories on the lower ones. This principle has long dictated the shape of our buildings, leading ancient architects to favor pyramids with wide foundations that support lighter upper levels.
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Why do buildings fall in...
and the shifting tectonic plates go much deeper than building foundations. So what's actually going on? In fact, the reality of earthquakes and their effect on buildings is a bit more complicated. To make sense of it, architects and engineers use models,
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Bjarke Ingels: 3...
as who or what we are against. The cliche of the radical architect is the sort of angry young man rebelling against the establishment. Or this idea of the misunderstood genius, frustrated that the world doesn't fit in with his or her ideas.
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Cities That Are Saving...
we after all are the architects of the urban world now over half of us live in an urban environment my home too is here in this city of london looking down on this great metropolis the ingenuity with which we continue to
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
I promise you I'm not trying to go that close to the edge. All right! - Ah! - Hey, that was good. Phew! So how did the idea for this come about? As an architect, I've been working for most of my adult life
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Why do honeybees love...
However, it paid off. Peek into any hive -- with your protective goggles and netting on, of course -- and you'll see the end a beautiful compact honeycomb that any architect would have be proud to design.
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Why the buildings of the...
And finally, we're not on opposite sides anymore. Find an architect, hire an architect, work with us to design better buildings, better cities, and a better world, because the stakes are high.
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See How Termites...
So, we must ask if an architect could design a self cooling building with termite inspired climate control, what other innovations can Mother Nature inspire if we just paid closer attention?
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The building of...
challenge but then against all odds this original man Filippo Brunelleschi the world's first architect cracked a hundred and twenty-five year old code now I first heard about Filippo story
Video examples
Build a tower, build a...
to collaborate very quickly. And so, I thought this was an interesting idea, and I incorporated it into a design workshop. And it was a huge success. And since then, I've conducted about 70 design workshops across the world with students and designers and architects,
Video examples
Will there ever be a...
The higher we build, the higher the gravitational pressure from the upper stories on the lower ones. This principle has long dictated the shape of our buildings, leading ancient architects to favor pyramids with wide foundations that support lighter upper levels.
Video examples
Why do buildings fall in...
and the shifting tectonic plates go much deeper than building foundations. So what's actually going on? In fact, the reality of earthquakes and their effect on buildings is a bit more complicated. To make sense of it, architects and engineers use models,
Video examples
Bjarke Ingels: 3...
as who or what we are against. The cliche of the radical architect is the sort of angry young man rebelling against the establishment. Or this idea of the misunderstood genius, frustrated that the world doesn't fit in with his or her ideas.
Video examples
Cities That Are Saving...
we after all are the architects of the urban world now over half of us live in an urban environment my home too is here in this city of london looking down on this great metropolis the ingenuity with which we continue to
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
I promise you I'm not trying to go that close to the edge. All right! - Ah! - Hey, that was good. Phew! So how did the idea for this come about? As an architect, I've been working for most of my adult life
Video examples
Why do honeybees love...
However, it paid off. Peek into any hive -- with your protective goggles and netting on, of course -- and you'll see the end a beautiful compact honeycomb that any architect would have be proud to design.
Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
And finally, we're not on opposite sides anymore. Find an architect, hire an architect, work with us to design better buildings, better cities, and a better world, because the stakes are high.
Video examples
See How Termites...
So, we must ask if an architect could design a self cooling building with termite inspired climate control, what other innovations can Mother Nature inspire if we just paid closer attention?
Video examples
The building of...
challenge but then against all odds this original man Filippo Brunelleschi the world's first architect cracked a hundred and twenty-five year old code now I first heard about Filippo story
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Frances Mayes
American Educator
I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed like half as much fun, although in my next life I would like to be an architect, too, so I can have an easier time restoring houses.
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Jesse James Garrett
American Businessman
Well, the whole story is in the book, but the short answer is that I was the first information architect in an organization that was traditionally design-oriented, and I felt I needed a tool to help me gain the trust and support of my colleagues.
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I. M. Pei
American Architect
One thing I learn - I've been in practice now for half a century or more, and the most important ingredient for an architect to do a good building is to have a good client. I think a client counts for as much as fifty per cent.
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John Portman
American Architect
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.
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Jean Nouvel
French Architect
It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.
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Hill Harper
American Actor
I champion the idea of being more conscious. I call it being an active architect of your own life. Building your life like an architect builds a structure.
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Greg Lynn
American Architect
It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to do.
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Zaha Hadid
British Architect
Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time.
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Terry McMillan
American Author
Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.
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Damon Dash
American Businessman
I had to architect my life where I could raise my children.
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Frances Mayes
American Educator
I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed like half as much fun, although in my next life I would like to be an architect, too, so I can have an easier time restoring houses.
Quote examples
Jesse James Garrett
American Businessman
Well, the whole story is in the book, but the short answer is that I was the first information architect in an organization that was traditionally design-oriented, and I felt I needed a tool to help me gain the trust and support of my colleagues.
Quote examples
I. M. Pei
American Architect
One thing I learn - I've been in practice now for half a century or more, and the most important ingredient for an architect to do a good building is to have a good client. I think a client counts for as much as fifty per cent.
Quote examples
John Portman
American Architect
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.
Quote examples
Jean Nouvel
French Architect
It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.
Quote examples
Hill Harper
American Actor
I champion the idea of being more conscious. I call it being an active architect of your own life. Building your life like an architect builds a structure.
Quote examples
Greg Lynn
American Architect
It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to do.
Quote examples
Zaha Hadid
British Architect
Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time.
Quote examples
Terry McMillan
American Author
Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.
Quote examples
Damon Dash
American Businessman
I had to architect my life where I could raise my children.
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