Often lay people confuse the terms “architecture” and “engineering, or mistake an architect for an engineer and vise versa. But what’s the difference? Today, we’ll answer that.
Architecture is the art of designing and constructing a structure, typically buildings, whereas engineering is the science of constructing sound structures and the use of machinery to do so. This means that an architect might design how a building looks and lay out the floorplan, but its the engineer’s job to make sure the building is constructed in a way that it’s structurally sound and won’t topple over after an earthquake.
An engineer’s job is not to care about how beautiful a building is, that’s what the architect does. And it’s not the architect’s job to to plan out the best materials and structures used for the construction, that’s the engineer’s job.
Because these professions are so similar and they both work on constructing buildings it makes sense why they might be often confused with each other. But now we know! I hope that clears up your question.
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