Archinect's Guide to Job Titles: Designer

2020-02-25T14:26:00-05:00

Within the architecture studio, designers exist as a polymorphic phenomenon so varied and nuanced that there subsists no exhaustive description of their fundamental nature. On a foundational level, designers design, but they are also so much more than that. Some might run their own projects, working through all phases of a project, while others may only operate in the schematic phases. The differences are endless. Moreover, designers can be junior, intermediate, and senior; all experience levels spanning eons uncommon in other positions. And so the challenge becomes one of defining such a wide-ranging position, a task this series has set out to tackle.

For our fifth installment of Archinect's Guide to Job Titles, we peer into the nature of the Designer, probably one of the most varied job titles in the profession, in an effort to wrap our heads around its essential building blocks. How might we better understand the foundations of this role? How does one fit into the larger team str...

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Archinect's Guide to Job Titles: Designer