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Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Plan and design structures, such as private residences, office buildings, theaters, factories, and other structural property.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Prepare scale drawings or architectural designs, using computer-aided design or other tools.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Plan or design structures such as residences, office buildings, theatres, factories, or other structural properties in accordance with environmental, safety, or other regulations.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Meet with clients to review or discuss architectural drawings.Mostly human for now
- 04Prepare contract documents for building contractors.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Develop final construction plans that include aesthetic representations of the structure or details for its construction.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Conduct periodic on-site observations of construction work to monitor compliance with plans.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Consult with clients to determine functional or spatial requirements of structures.Mostly human for now
- 08Integrate engineering elements into unified architectural designs.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Plan layouts of structural architectural projects.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Direct activities of technicians engaged in preparing drawings or specification documents.AI could speed this up a lot
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss8%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
49%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 61% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Meet with clients to review or discuss architectural drawings.
- Consult with clients to determine functional or spatial requirements of structures.