Architects need not be thought of as only interested in drawing blueprints for buildings
or roads or bridges. They are the master designers of all kinds of theoretical systems, including school curricula, corporate
strategies, and new technologies. For Architects, the world exists primarily to be analyzed, understood, explained - and
re-designed. External reality in itself is unimportant, little more than raw material to be organized into structural models.
What is important for Architects is that they grasp fundamental principles and natural laws, and that their designs are
elegant, that is, efficient and coherent.
Architects are rare - maybe one percent of the population - and show the greatest precision in thought and speech of all
the types. They tend to see distinctions and inconsistencies instantaneously, and can detect contradictions no matter when
or where they were made. It is difficult for an Architect to listen to nonsense, even in a casual conversation, without pointing
out the speaker's error. And in any serious discussion or debate Architects are devastating, their skill in framing arguments
giving them an enormous advantage. Architects regard all discussions as a search for understanding, and believe their function
is to eliminate inconsistencies, which can make communication with them an uncomfortable experience for many.
Ruthless pragmatists about ideas, and insatiably curious, Architects are driven to find the most efficient means to their
ends, and they will learn in any manner and degree they can. They will listen to amateurs if their ideas are useful, and
will ignore the experts if theirs are not. Authority derived from office, credential, or celebrity does not impress them.
Architects are interested only in what make sense, and thus only statements that are consistent and coherent carry
any weight with them.
Architects often seem difficult to know. They are inclined to be shy except with close friends, and their reserve
is difficult to penetrate. Able to concentrate better than any other type, they prefer to work quietly at their computers
or drafting tables, and often alone. Architects also become obsessed with analysis, and this can seem to shut others out.
Once caught up in a thought process, Architects close off and persevere until they comprehend the issue in all its complexity.
Architects prize intelligence, and with their grand desire to grasp the structure of the universe, they can seem arrogant and
may show impatience with others who have less ability, or who are less driven.
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