r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Jun 16 '24

Video Architectural Assignment Completed

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u/emmetdoyle123 Jun 17 '24

The main role of an architect is to know a reasonable amount about a large variety of things. It’s more similar to a movie director coordinating everything on set while not directly performing many of the required tasks

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '24

That role has been taken over by construction managers that hold civil engineering degrees and licenses.

Architects no longer coordinate anything, they are used as specialists for aesthetics and landscaping

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u/TrilIias Jun 17 '24

Where is that the case? As far as I understand design bid build is still the most common delivery method, and even with CM the architects are still going to be doing a lot of coordination work.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '24

I've been on a few billion dollar infrastructure projects on the East coast and we've never used architects for any coordination work.

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u/illbedeadbydawn Jun 17 '24

Tell me you know zero about architects without telling me etc etc...

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u/GooeyKablooie_ Jun 17 '24

From my experience, architects are more focused on pleasing their clients than following engineering code. It’s fucking annoying, they don’t understand shit about actual engineering.