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Originally Posted by Frankie
This is exactly right. The architect who does only "pretty designs" is not a real architect. The Architect does have to have reasonable knowledge of loads and dead and live loads, strength of materials, etc. It helps him/her to avoid creating unreasonably unfeasible designs. But the seeing to the structural integrity of the work is the engineer's role.
In most cases both the Architect and the Engineer sign off to the final product.
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The architect signs off his part of the design... finishes, floor plans, egress, fire protection.
The structural engineer signs off his part... columns, foundations, beams (things that actually make a building safe).
They never sign off on the same items.