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Architecture as a [[profession]] is the practice of providing [[architect#Architects in Practice|architectural services]]. The practice of architecture includes the planning, designing and oversight of a building's construction by an architect. Architectural services typically address both feasibility and [[cost]] for the [[Construction|builder]], as well as function and [[aesthetics]] for the user.  

Architecture as a [[profession]] is the practice of providing [[architect#Architects in Practice|architectural services]]. The practice of architecture includes the planning, designing and oversight of a building's construction by an architect. Architectural services typically address both feasibility and [[cost]] for the [[Construction|builder]], as well as function and [[aesthetics]] for the user.  

In the 1440s, the Florentine architect, [[Alberti]], wrote his ''De Re Aedificatoria'', published in 1485, a year before the first edition of [[Vitruvius]], with which he was already familiar. Leon Battista Alberti, ''The Ten Books of Architecture''. Vitruvius"D. Rowland - T.N. Howe: Vitruvius. Ten Books on Architecture. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999, ISBN 0-521-00292-3</ref> Alberti gives the earliest definition of the role of the architect. The architect is to be concerned firstly with the construction. This encompasses all the practical matters of site, of materials and their limitations and of human capabiliity. The second concern is "articulation"; the building must work and must please and suit the needs of those who use it. The third concern of the architect is aesthetics, both of proportion and of ornament.  

In the 1440s, the Florentine architect, [[Alberti]], wrote his ''De Re Aedificatoria'', published in 1485, a year before the first edition of [[Vitruvius]], with which he was already familiar. Leon Battista Alberti, ''The Ten Books of Architecture''. Vitruvius"D. Rowland - T.N. Howe: Vitruvius. Ten Books on Architecture. [[Cambridge University Press]], Cambridge 1999, ISBN 0-521-00292-3 Alberti gives the earliest definition of the role of the architect. The architect is to be concerned firstly with the construction. This encompasses all the practical matters of site, of materials and their limitations and of human capabiliity. The second concern is "articulation"; the building must work and must please and suit the needs of those who use it. The third concern of the architect is aesthetics, both of proportion and of ornament.  

The role of the architect is constantly evolving, and is central to the design and implementation of the [[Social environment|environments]] in which people live. In order to obtain the skills and knowledge required to design, plan and oversee a diverse range of projects, architects must go through extensive formal education, coupled with a requisite amount of professional practice.

The role of the architect is constantly evolving, and is central to the design and implementation of the [[Social environment|environments]] in which people live. In order to obtain the skills and knowledge required to design, plan and oversee a diverse range of projects, architects must go through extensive formal education, coupled with a requisite amount of professional practice.