architect
noun
ar·chi·tect
ˈär-kə-ˌtekt 
1
: a person who designs buildings and advises in their construction
2
: a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking
the architect of American foreign policy
Examples of architect in a Sentence
the architect of the economic plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II
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In 2024, the resort added a wellness shala, a swooping open-air pavilion designed by Mexican architects Luis Alejandro Cuesta and Javier Creuheras of Arquitectura Mixta perched on a hill overlooking the ocean and the resort below.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
To that point, the most curious aspect about Koreeda’s latest film is that Kensuke Komoto (the mononymous Daigo, punchy and well-textured) and his architect wife Otone (Haruka Ayase) already seem to have achieved a certain degree of acceptance when the story begins.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
The owner and architect also presented the plan directly to commission during a meeting.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Meanwhile, a German Jewish cloth manufacturer (Ulrich Matthes) has a much more modest, traditional-looking summer hut built just a few meters down the shoreline from the architect’s modernist spread.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
To that point, the most curious aspect about Koreeda’s latest film is that Kensuke Komoto (the mononymous Daigo, punchy and well-textured) and his architect wife Otone (Haruka Ayase) already seem to have achieved a certain degree of acceptance when the story begins.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
The owner and architect also presented the plan directly to commission during a meeting.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Meanwhile, a German Jewish cloth manufacturer (Ulrich Matthes) has a much more modest, traditional-looking summer hut built just a few meters down the shoreline from the architect’s modernist spread.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for architect
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“Architect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/architect. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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architect
noun
ar·chi·tect
ˈär-kə-ˌtekt
: a person who designs buildings and advises in their construction
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