architect

noun

ar·​chi·​tect ˈär-kə-ˌtekt 

1

: a person who designs buildings and advises in their construction

2

: a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking

the architect of American foreign policy

Synonyms

• engineer
• mastermind

Examples of architect in a Sentence

the architect of the economic plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II

Recent Examples on the Web

The 11-story library and Board of Education building, designed by Kansas City architect Edward W. Tanner in the modernist style, was hailed as a triumph of design for modern libraries when it was completed in 1960. —Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2025

The venue took more than two years to develop and was the fruit of multiple iterations from interior design architects. —Caroline Reid, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025

And Florida Southern College boasts an incredible 12 buildings designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. —Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025

In the postwar era, the Pacific Palisades became the perfect bucolic testing ground for Case Study architects like Rodney Walker, Richard Neutra, and Charles Eames. —Hadley Hall Meares, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Greek architektōn master builder, from archi- + tektōn builder, carpenter — more at technical

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing architect

• landscape architect
• marine architect
• naval architect

Kids Definition

architect

noun

ar·​chi·​tect ˈär-kə-ˌtekt 

: a person who designs buildings and advises in their construction