archi·tect [architectarchitectsarchitectedarchitecting] BrE [ˈɑːkɪtekt] NAmE [ˈɑːrkɪtekt] noun 1. a person whose job is designing buildings, etc. 2. a person who is responsible for planning or creating an idea, an event or a situation •He was one of the principal architects of the revolution. •Jones was the architect of the team's first goal.
Word Origin: mid 16th cent.: from French architecte, from Italian architetto, via Latin from Greek arkhitektōn, from arkhi- ‘chief’ tektōn ‘builder’.
Example Bank: •The house was designed by architect Louis Kahn. •The tower was designed by architect Daniel Libeskind.