From Tension to Trust: Rethinking How Architects and Engineers Work Together

By Ben Justick Introduction Engineers and Architects have both played important roles in designing and building solutions from as far back as I can remember. However, the working dynamics between these roles have changed a lot over the past 10+ years as the industry and technology has advanced at a rapid pace around us. The days of groups of Architects being huddled together in a room for weeks coming up with the “perfect” design to hand over to Engineering teams have come and gone, and have been replaced by teams of Engineers collaborating in real time to iterate on a design.