The practice of architecture1 consists of the provision of professional services in connection with town planning as well as the design, construction, enlargement, conservation, restoration, or alteration of a building or group of buildings. These professional services include, but are not limited to:
- planning and land-use planning;
- urban design;
- provision of preliminary studies, designs, models, drawings, specifications, and technical documentation;
- coordination of technical documentation prepared by others (consulting engineers, urban planners, landscape architects, and other specialist consultants) as appropriate and without limitation;
- construction economics;
- contract administration;
- monitoring of construction (referred to as supervision on some countries);
- project management.
1 From the UIA Accord on Recommended International Standards of Professionalism in Architectural Practice