What is the Difference between an Architect and a Designer?

Many of us often fall into this confusion about a designer and architect, who shall you hire for your project? 

When it’s about designing your home or working on your workplace design, then you have architects, designers and drafts people at your service. Each have different skills and have the abilities to perform each task differently.

An architect is a licensed design professional who has extensive education and training for the work she performs. She is legally responsible for it. Whereas a designer does not have a license and has not passed the ARE. There is usually no can be licensed in many, but not all states.

Requirement of education, training or licensure for a designer. Interior designers who pass the NCIDQ

An architect learns problem solving and designing in school and also takes courses in building systems and processes. So an architect start gaining experience from school itself.

A designer on the other hand has a varied skill level. Some of them can provide an out of the box work whereas the other may not be able to do a great job. The biggest difference between the two is that a designer cannot provide stamped documents to the building department. These documents may be required by various jurisdictions in order to get a permit for the project.

However, if you need an exceptional and qualified architect or an interior designer in Cambridge or around the country, contact Leslie Saul & Associates, Inc. For more information about them visit their website: http://www.lesliesaul.com