architectural engineering

American  

[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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Other Word Forms

• architectural engineer
  noun

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architectural engineering

Plug-in solar is already widespread in Europe, says Moncef Krarti, a professor of architectural engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

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

While most of the siblings are self-taught, Jorge studied at Mexico’s national music conservancy, even as he earned a degree in architectural engineering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

Indeed, no one can fail to wonder at the marvellous skill of architectural engineering which can run up a building of twenty stories, the walls of which are merely a veneer or curtain.

From The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin by James F. (James Fullarton) Muirhead

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