British English

architect

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

landscape architect

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

chief
▪ Yakovlev, the head of Agitprop and one of the chief architects of the cut-back in provincial newspapers in January.
▪ The chief architect of the new Web page is 18-year-old Roderick Portales.
▪ He was the chief architect in charge of the then-burgeoning rapid transit system - and it turns out he was also a painter.
▪ This was virtually the Conservatives in disguise with Baldwin, rather than the prime minister, Macdonald, its chief architect.
▪ The chief architect of this incredible advance in bombing efficiency was unquestionably Don Bennett.
▪ Mr Gates will retain strong links with the company he founded 25 years ago by becoming chairman and chief software architect.
▪ It is now the office of the chief architect of the city of Prague.
▪ The chief architect of the document was vice chairman Makoto Tanabe, who was widely tipped to succeed Doi as leader.
famous
▪ Greenridge is a category B listed house, built in 1840 by the famous architect, Archibald Simpson.
great
▪ He had Daedalus, a great architect and inventor, construct a place of confinement for him from which escape was impossible.
▪ The characteristic styles of great architects and designers may be seen clearly reflected - Chippendale, Sheraton, Adam and Hepplewhite.
▪ Many of the country stations did not enjoy the pedigree of great architects to sire them.
leading
▪ The buildings themselves, often paid for by local philanthropists, were commissioned from leading architects.
▪ He achieved great success and became the leading landscape architect of the day.
local
▪ Three times, local architect Val Welham offered 110,000 pounds of her own money but each time it was rejected.
▪ We visited the office of Dail Dixon, a brilliant local architect whose work we had admired.
▪ Plans have been prepared by a local architect for a clubhouse, traditional pavilion and all-weather nets.
▪ Orchids &038; Onions was founded in 1976 by local architects to improve public awareness of design.
▪ On the other is the pressure group, Birmingham for People, championed by local architect Joe Holyoak.
▪ Mr. Wing was a prominent local architect and he went on to design and build the House of Industry.
▪ Find a local historian or architect who can help you in dating or describing it.
▪ It was built in 1864 to the design of a local architect, Peter Ellis, and is of five storeys.
main
▪ Mr Greenwood, who was the main architect of the currency link, thinks the present rate is about right.
principal
▪ Since the death of his predecessor, Professor Blakely, he was one of its principal architects.
▪ Horner was the principal architect of the air campaign and orchestrated its execution.
▪ He was the principal architect of the paper's style and the only journalist involved with the original Founders.
▪ Mr Levin, the former chief strategist of Time Inc, was a principal architect of the 1989 merger.
young
▪ Christina found herself remembering the way the promising young architect had first come into their lives.
▪ Equally outstanding is the record of a score of young architects in the country.
▪ Soames returned from answering the door accompanied by the young architect, Holdernesse.
▪ The young architect acknowledged that it was a tough question, that he faced it on site often.
▪ It would be pleasant to have a film of curate Ramsey talking to the young architects of sand-castles.
▪ He was greatly cheered to find so many young architects designing the new classical buildings of which he so much approved.
▪ Now there is to be twinning between the two regions, to be followed by exchanges of students and younger architects.
▪ Cassirer was a friend and sponsor of the young architect Erich Mendelsohn.

■ NOUN

landscape
▪ Finally in 1974 the San Francisco landscape architect Lawrence Halprin won the commission.
▪ Santee recently hired a landscape architect to begin drawing designs for a skate park.
▪ Few are any more attractive than those they have replaced, despite the work of designers and landscape architects.
▪ The book by Folkwin Wendland, a trained garden- and landscape architect, traces its history since 1450.
▪ By the 1920S the former had won the day and landscape architects turned their talents to municipal projects.
▪ On this occasion Andy, the landscape architect, whom her father nicknamed Adam the gardener, was invited.
▪ He achieved great success and became the leading landscape architect of the day.

■ VERB

born
▪ The Toronto-\#born architect is on a roll.
build
▪ These dwellings belonged to the poorer white small holders, and were built without consultation with architects or planners.
▪ Do they have all the things that are necessary to build the building the architect wants?
design
▪ In order to create as varied development as possible, each of the five building phases will be designed by a different architect.
▪ Palaces are designed by architects to be looked at rather than lived in.
employ
▪ As a result, they have the knack of employing the best architects, but not getting the best out of them.
▪ Thomas Hardy was employed by both architects and may have been involved in the work.
work
▪ Sometimes a project of this kind will involve working alongside an architect and interior designer.
▪ She had supervised the renovation of a large Victorian home, working with the architect and numerous subcontractors.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

▪ Beveridge is usually thought of as the architect of the British National Health Service.
▪ St Paul's Cathedral was designed by the famous architect, Sir Christopher Wren.
▪ the chief architect of the election victory
▪ The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo was designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
▪ We're working with a team of architects on the plans for the new building.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ As well as being an architect, he is a chartered town planner, and is specially qualified in building conservation.
▪ I read the account of an architect who was consulted by a church with unsuitable premises which they wanted to adapt.
▪ Livings was their architect for the iron foundry at Stockton, which John now had ideas of enlarging.
▪ Previously, some of the most ardent opponents of architectural conservation have themselves been architects.
▪ Since the death of his predecessor, Professor Blakely, he was one of its principal architects.
▪ Weck Glass Block has introduced some new product lines to that old favorite of architects everywhere.