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(thing) by nizo (?) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:00:00

A designer of buildings and, by extension, anything else structurally complex. A friend of mine, Jen Lawrence-Gentry was recently hired by a multimedia firm as an "information architect." Doctors can bury their mistakes, but the best architects can do is plant ivy.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:53:12

Ar"chi*tect (#), n. [L. architectus, architecton, Gr. chief artificer, master builder; pref. (E. archi-) + workman, akin to art, skill, to produce: cf. F. architecte, It. architetto. See Technical.]

1.

A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.

2.

A contriver, designer, or maker.

The architects of their own happiness. Milton.

A French woman is a perfect architect in dress. Coldsmith.

 

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