1. 建筑师;设计师
    An architect is a person who designs buildings.

2. （景观美化、铁路等大型项目的）规划者，设计者
    You can use architect to refer to a person who plans large projects such as landscaping or railways.

    e.g. ...Merrick Denton-Thompson, the landscape architect for Hampshire county council.
           梅里克·登顿-汤普森，汉普郡议会的园林设计师
    e.g. ...Paul Andreu, chief architect of French railways.
           保罗·安德鲁，法国铁路的总设计师

3. （想法、事件或组织的）发起者，创立者
    The architect of an idea, event, or institution is the person who invented it or made it happen.

    e.g. ...Russia's chief architect of economic reform.
           俄罗斯经济改革的总规划师