🏗️Engineering & Architecture
Architect
Designs buildings and urban spaces
Designs buildings and spaces so that they are beautiful, functional and safe.
What they do
- ▹Discusses the building's concept, budget and timeline with the client
- ▹Develops sketches, 3D visualizations and working drawings
- ▹Chooses materials and engineering solutions together with structural engineers
- ▹Checks the project against building codes and supervises construction on site
Skills you need
- ▹Spatial and compositional thinking
- ▹Drafting and CAD/Revit software
- ▹Visual taste and a sense of proportion
- ▹Knowledge of building codes
- ▹Ability to defend an idea to a client
Focus on these subjects at school
MathematicsDrafting / artPhysics
Where they work
- ▹Architecture and design studios
- ▹City or district chief architect's offices
- ▹Construction companies (in-house project architect)
- ▹Private practice or freelance work for individual clients
- ▹Institutes drafting city master plans
Pros
- + A finished building stays in the city for decades
- + Combines creativity with precise calculation
- + Can specialize in housing, interiors or urban planning
Challenges
- − Years pass between a sketch and a finished building
- − The architect carries responsibility for the building's safety
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