architect
n. countablen. a person whose job is to design buildings and make sure they are built correctly. You might hire one if you want to build a new house or change an old one.
n. a person qualified to design buildings and supervise their construction. In a figurative sense, it refers to the person responsible for planning or creating a particular idea, event, or situation.
The architect shows us the plans for our new house.
After years of study, she finally became a licensed architect and started her own firm in the city.
While he is best known as a builder, he was also the primary architect of the peace treaty that ended the decade-long conflict between the two nations.
From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”). By surface analysis, archi- + -tect.
Commonly used with the preposition 'of' when used in a figurative sense to describe the creator of a plan or system.