architect

plural architects

1. A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.

   Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.

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   This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.

   2007 January 25, Suzanne Gannon, “For the High-End Bathroom, Something Unexpected”, in The New York Times

   After the quake, Polk went to work for “City Beautiful” proponent James Burnham, and redesigned more buildings than any other architect, including such dignified structures as the Mills Building, the Hobart Building and the de Young building.

   2021 March 19, Gary Kamiya, “One of San Francisco’s strangest buildings was a mash-up masterpiece”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2026

2. A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.

   Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

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   French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.

   2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport

3. PhilippinesAn honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.

present singular third person architects · participle present architecting · participle past architected · past architected

1. transitiveTo design, plan, or orchestrate.

   He architected the military coup against the government.

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   Dacker was his own architect, (or, as he sometimes said, he architected his own fortunes,) and his own carpenter.

   1857, Mary Andrews Denison, Gracie Amber

   It is interesting to record that the excavating and the laying of the pipes for the mains have been done by the Corporation employés under the supervision and control of Mr. Harpur, the borough engineer, who, by the way, architected the station.

   1894 December 14, The Electrical Review, volume 35, page 720