Architecture is a unique blend of art and technology. It is a gift of imagination, sense of aesthetics, and sharp precision. There is a great demand for the competent designs of dwelling houses, schools, hospitals, shopping complexes, churches, temples, factories and other buildings. They plan and design housing complexes, gardens, parks, thoroughfares, commercial centers, plazas etc. Town and country planners and designers they ensure optimum utilization of land available. An architect should ensure that design matches the environment without sacrificing aspects such as safety, economy, and vitality they may have to supervise their works.
Excellent skills in sketching, drawing, and computer graphics, numerical abilities and mathematical mind, gift of visualization are its essential aspects. An architect needs to be convulsive with the availability of materials, their quality, durability and cost etc. He should have the tolerance for the long periods of office work and patience for revising or reading a work without committing blunders. He may need to make models for display and discussion before completing the design. He should be aware of the government rules and regulations related to construction. Sometimes a client might ask for a turnkey service which calls for a liaison with contracting agencies. A good architect has to be a good artist, a businessman and a manager combined together into one.
Architecture is a social art. It is quite possible for an architect to design and even build a building that is highly personal but in most of the cases a building is not planned according to the ideas of only one person. Usually an architect is called to design specific type of building in an area already planned. The construction in most of the building requires a large number of people, considerable amount of money resources and input of many other specialists beyond the architect is required.
