architect
Let an agent help people find and work with architects, explain the profession and its regulation, research architects and their works, and separate other senses of architect.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Hire Working with an architect.
Find
Finding one.
Find
Finding an architect.
- How can a registered architect suited to this project be found? provenance
- Which register confirms licensing? provenance
Engage
Contracts and fees.
Engage
Engagement.
- What services, stages and fees should the appointment cover? provenance
- Which standard contracts exist? provenance
Profession Becoming an architect.
Training
Education.
Training
Training.
- What education and experience are required to register as an architect here? provenance
- How is the title protected? provenance
Ethics
Conduct.
Ethics
Conduct.
- Which codes of conduct apply? provenance
- How can complaints be made? provenance
Research Architects and works.
Who
A specific architect.
Who
Specific architect.
- Who is this architect, and what are their key works, according to archives and critics? provenance
- Which movement are they associated with? provenance
History
Historical roles.
History
Historical roles.
- What were master builders and masters of works, and how did the profession emerge? provenance
- Which sources cover it? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.
Software
Software architects.
Software
Software sense.
- Is a software, enterprise or data architect meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Related
Related professions.
Related
Related professions.
- Is a landscape architect, interior designer or engineer needed instead? boundary
- Who should be on the team? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- starchitect, master builder, master of the works, city master builder, Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland, church builder, Government architect, Court Architect, mestre das obras reais, architectural engineer, military architect, historic preservationist
What it is Filled
A person who designs buildings and oversees their construction, trained and usually licensed to practise, working on houses, public buildings, cities and landscapes; historically the role overlapped with master builders and masters of works, and today architects work in firms, public bodies and academia.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent help people find and work with architects, explain the profession and its regulation, research architects and their works, and separate other senses of architect.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Designs buildings
- Licensed profession
- Coordinates construction
- Creative and technical
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present itself as a licensed architect or use the protected title.
- Submit or certify designs for building approval without a licensed architect or engineer.
- Copy a living architect's designs or drawings without permission.
- Alter a design in a way that affects structure, fire safety or accessibility without review.
Only with a human decision
- Any design decision affecting structure, fire safety, accessibility or planning approval.
May
- Describe an architect's documented works and qualifications from reliable sources.
- Prepare drawings or models for an architect to review and take responsibility for.
Moral aspects Filled
- Buildings must stand and let people escape; unqualified design kills.
- Designs are protected work and architects depend on credit and fees.
Who is affected
- Building users and neighbours
- Clients
- Architects and their staff
Owners Filled
Steward
The licensed architect who signs the design; the professional registration board holds the register.
Master systems
- National or regional architect registration registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q5322166 - registry parent class
related
- designer - category
- public building - work
- painter - other creative profession
- architects registration board - regulator
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.architect
- Wikidata: Q42973 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42973)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Registered professional title
- Design drawings and specifications
- Engineers design structures and systems
- Not physical; professionals working with drawings, models and sites.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- find licensed architects
- explain services, fees and contracts
- research notable architects and works
- explain training and licensing
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Unlicensed practice
- Unclear scope and fees
- Confusing senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Architects registration laws
- Professional codes of conduct
- Building codes and planning law
Context of use required Filled
- Designing and delivering buildings and spaces.
- practising architects
- landscape and interior architects (related)
- historical master builders
- academic and critic architects
- software and other metaphorical architects (separate sense)
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q42973: architect - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Architect - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should individual architects be separate entries?
- How should registers be linked?
- How should fee guidance be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q42973/spec.json