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• An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a building's construction.
• In the broadest sense an architect is a person who translates the user's needs into physical, built solution.
• An architect must thoroughly understand the building and operational codes under which his or her design must conform.
• That degree of knowledge is necessary so that he or she is not apt to omit any necessary requirements, or produce improper, conflicting, ambiguous, or confusing requirements.
• Architects must understand the various methods available to the builder for building the client's structure, so that he or she can negotiate with the client to produce a best possible compromise of the results desired within explicit cost and time boundaries.
• Architects must frequently make building design and planning decisions that affect the safety and well being of the general public. · Architects are required to obtain specialized education and documented work experience to obtain licensure to practice architecture, similar to the requirements for other professionals, with requirements for practice varying from place to place.
• The most prestigious award a living architect can receive is the 
• In practice, an architect accepts a commission from a client (an individual, a board of directors, a government agency or a corporation).
• This commission may involve the preparation of feasibility reports, building audits, the design of a single building, or the design of several buildings, structures and the spaces between them.
•  Increasingly, the architect participates in the development of requirements the client wishes to have met in the building. · Throughout the project, from planning to occupancy, the architect usually acts as the coordinator of a team of specialists.
• Architects also must pay attention to the economics and budget for a particular commission. The practice of architecture is a business, in which technical knowledge, management skills, and an understanding of good business practice are as important as creative design. · The architect may need to comply with local planning and zoning requirements such as required setbacks, height limitations, parking requirements or transparency requirements.

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