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Will AI replace Architects, Except Landscape and Naval?
Baseline AI displacement risk for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval, aggregated from 11 research sources.
What this score means
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval leans toward the safer end for Engineering. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands on work or judgment that resists automation. At 38 out of 100 it sits close to the Engineering average of 36. Across the 11 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 24 to 45, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.
The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works
What this job actually involves
Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval, most central first, showing 12 of 24.
- 01Develop final construction plans that include aesthetic representations of the structure or details for its construction.
- 02Prepare scale drawings or architectural designs, using computer-aided design or other tools.
- 03Prepare information regarding design, structure specifications, materials, color, equipment, estimated costs, or construction time.
- 04Consult with clients to determine functional or spatial requirements of structures.
- 05Meet with clients to review or discuss architectural drawings.
- 06Monitor the work of specialists, such as electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, interior designers, or sound specialists to ensure optimal form or function of designs or final structures.
- 07Integrate engineering elements into unified architectural designs.
- 08Plan layouts of structural architectural projects.
- 09Conduct periodic on-site observations of construction work to monitor compliance with plans.
- 10Prepare contract documents for building contractors.
- 11Plan or design structures such as residences, office buildings, theatres, factories, or other structural properties in accordance with environmental, safety, or other regulations.
- 12Direct activities of technicians engaged in preparing drawings or specification documents.
Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.
The research behind this score
This baseline aggregates 11 research sources that scored Architects, Except Landscape and Naval for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.
- 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
- 02Crashing Waves vs. Rising Tides: Preliminary Findings on AI Automation from Thousands of Worker Evaluations of Labor Market Tasks · 2026Mertens, Thompson et al., MIT FutureTech (2026)
- 03Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
- 04The AI Jobs Transition Framework: Mapping AI's Near-Term Impact on Jobs · 2026OpenAI Economic Research (2026)
- 05WORKBank: Expert-Rated Automation Capacity of Occupational Tasks · 2026Shao, Zope, Jiang, Pei, Nguyen, Brynjolfsson, Yang, Stanford (2026)
- 06Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025International Labour Organization, Working Paper 140 (2025)
- 07Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
- 08A new future of work: The race to deploy AI and raise skills in Europe and beyond · 2024McKinsey Global Institute (2024)
- 09GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
- 10AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)
- 11Generative AI and the Future of Work in America · 2023McKinsey Global Institute (2023)
Common questions
- How likely is AI to replace Architects, Except Landscape and Naval?
- Published research puts Architects, Except Landscape and Naval at 38 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 11 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
- Do researchers agree on the risk for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval?
- Only partly. Individual estimates for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval run from 24 to 45 out of 100 across the 11 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
- Which engineering roles face similar AI exposure?
- The closest published engineering roles to Architects, Except Landscape and Naval by score are Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians (38/100), Environmental Engineers (38/100), and Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists (38/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.
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Architect · Building Architect · Building Consultant · Building Information Modeling Specialist (BIM Specialist) · Commercial Green Building Architect · Commercial Green Building Designer · Commercial Green Retrofit Architect · Design Architect and related titles
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- Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians38/100
- Environmental Engineers38/100
- Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists38/100
- Industrial Engineers38/100
- Mechanical Engineers38/100
- Automotive Engineering Technicians37/100
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians37/100
- Microsystems Engineers37/100
Informational guidance based on published research, not professional career or financial advice. Scores update as new research is ingested.