Not to be picky but people give too much credit to architects. Architects mostly create plans of the interior and exterior design of the building. Its civil and structural engineers that actually try and make the construction of the building possible however crazy the design may be. They look at the forces acting on the building and decide if the building is stable even during earthquakes.

Damn, I didn't know that he was an actual guy. I just thought that he was a character in the Book of Mormon.