#Architect vs engineer code
I don’t know if it’s just in my university but we learn about more than just the art and design of architecture to create a building means to have the building up to code (which we learn, it’s not just the engineers), materiality, environment friendly, orientation, sustainability, and most importantly to have the building actually work. Of course the main part is to make the client happy with the result but architecture isn’t just art. So I’ve been reading this and a lot of people do think architecture is just design and the artistry, that statement however is far from the truth.
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It is not a bad idea for architects to work in CE or structural for a while to see what they are all about. That is a super general description, I think the only way to understand the work of either field is to work both. Where as, architects coordinate in all of the details from all trades into their drawings and make sure the whole building is assembled properly. Engineers spend a lot of time crunching numbers, and provide some fairly schematic drawings. The difference in working between the two fields is huge, architects become the project lead for many consultants, the owner, and the contractor, and the engineer is just one of the project consultants. I am assuming the OPs was referring to civil engineering in the structural sense, in which case, building structural engineers, design a building within the constraints (schematic design) provided by an architect, they make sure the structure is code compliant and won't collapse and kill people. Site civil firms don't get involved in building structures and building structural engineers don't slum it at the site design level. A PE can be a curb and gutter guy or a structural engineer, depending on where a majority of their experience lies, there is some overlap, but most firms tend to specialize. There is some confusion for newbies because structural engineering also falls under the term "civil engineering". Civil engineering deals with curb and gutter, streets, drainage, grading, and general site concerns.