The Second Studio Podcast on What Architects Do
Why the question, “What is does an Architect do?” is important and some of the common misconceptions. (02:11) I do think for the lay person, they think that architects are good or should be good at math because they associate that with engineering. An engineer is of course the one who designs the structure, they do the calculations to make sure the structure is of sound integrity, that the building's not going to fall down, that it can resist certain wind forces, seismic loads, and live load and all the other things. That's what they do. We architects do not do that. We have a very good ...
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