There’s a perennial discussion in architecture forums like the WWISA about the role of the architect, and the discussion regularly degenerates into a debate between the broad and narrow views of what the architect does.
But I’m not sure that’s the key question. I think the right question is “Who are the architects?”
Somehow, a number of tasks must be discharged, but how varies from project to project. In the last year I’ve had a modest building project which tells an interesting story about how different people contribute to “the architecture”. Read more here…