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architectural engineering

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[ahr-ki-tek-cher-uhl en-juh-neer-ing] / ˌɑr kɪˈtɛk tʃər əl ˌɛn dʒəˈnɪər ɪŋ /

noun

  1. engineering as applied to the construction of buildings or as used to inform architecture or building design.


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Wholesale trade also weakened after being one of the biggest contributors to Canada’s growth in June, though some other service-producing industries expanded, including real estate, accommodation and food, and architectural, engineering and related services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Dr Emily So, a professor of architectural engineering at the University of Cambridge, noted that older buildings can and have been strengthened, such as in California, western Canada and New Zealand.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025

The score for “The Brutalist” is itself a feat of architectural engineering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

Today, “many areas are seeing a doubling of those costs,” said Paul Chinowsky, an emeritus professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and primary author on the study.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023

The objects of the department are to provide a thorough training in architectural engineering, with such additional studies in history, design, and drawing as must necessarily accompany all architectural problems.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 10, October 1895. French Farmhouses. by Various

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