non-architectural
non-architectural — noun
1. someone whose profession is outside architecture, typically a colleague on a des
someone whose profession is outside architecture, typically a colleague on a design or building team — for example a project manager, engineer, or planner who works with architects but is not one.
The design review panel included two non-architecturals with backgrounds in city planning.
plural form; context: project teams mixing architects with other professionals
Femi joined the studio as a non-architectural who managed budgets and client meetings.
role context: support function within an architecture firm
The conference room was split between architects on one side and non-architecturals on the other.
Hyun was the only non-architectural invited to speak at the design summit in Seoul.
- layperson
more general; someone without expert knowledge in any given field, not specific to architecture
- non-specialist
broader term for any person outside a specialist profession
- architect
a professional who designs buildings
文法句型
a non-architectural on the team
architects and non-architecturals
用法筆記
Very rare in everyday language. Appears mostly in professional, academic, or organisational writing about building projects, where it is useful to mark someone's role as outside the architect profession. The unhyphenated 'nonarchitectural' is the more common adjective form; the noun use described here is uncommon.