a person who is qualified to design buildings and to plan and supervise their construction

an architect takes into consideration all of the constraints involved in building a house

the great Norman architect of Durham Cathedral

a person who designs hardware, software, or networking applications and services of a specified type for a business or other organization

we are seeking an experienced software architect to join our scientific computing team

design and configure (a program or system)

few software packages were architected with Ethernet access in mind

an architected information interface