practising architect

collocation in English

meaningsofpractisingandarchitect

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practising
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpræk.tɪ.sɪŋ/us
/ˈpræk.tɪ.sɪŋ/
actively involved in ...
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architect
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɑː.kɪ.tekt/us
/ˈɑːr.kə.tekt/
a person whose job is to design new buildings and make certain that they are ...
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(Definition ofpractisingandarchitectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpractising architect

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This is a most depressing book for apractisingarchitectto read: 288 pages of building failures.
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As a handbook, it is most useful and will be of great benefit to student andpractisingarchitect.
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Sustainability brings with it complexities which are very hard for the averagepractisingarchitectto assimilate.
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I think a man ought not to be able to call himself an architect unless he is apractisingarchitect.
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It restricts the use of the name "architect" to registered architects, and extends the time within which apractisingarchitectmay apply for registration.
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I speak as an oldpractisingarchitect.
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After graduating, his career as apractisingarchitectwas dominated by numerous influential residential projects.
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His whole life was dedicated to architecture as both an academic andpractisingarchitect.
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As this was normally a post awarded to apractisingarchitect, he was only appointed after a fierce struggle and much criticism.
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Practising architects are rarely if ever afforded such an open-ended position.
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But the distinction is significant, not least because it introduces the crucial question of how practising architects get to find out anything useful from generalised research.
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