How to become a Building Architect
Official title: Building Architects
Designs buildings and landscapes, and supervises their construction and maintenance.
Main tasks
- Develop or improve architectural theory and methods, design the type, style and size of buildings, communities, parks, roads and other open spaces, or renovate existing buildings
- Discuss the style, type and size of a building with clients, and give information on design, materials, construction time and cost
- Apply for building and demolition permits on clients' behalf, call for tenders, draft construction contracts and handle other project dealings
- Analyse the natural conditions of a site and design schemes that keep the existing landscape, buildings and open spaces visually in harmony
Ways in
- University department: Architecture & Built Environment degrees, Offered by 34 universities in Taiwan
- Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a architect you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 建築師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 3.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$900,000 a year
- Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Building Architect?
Ways in include: Architecture & Built Environment degrees.
How much does a Building Architect earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$900,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Building Architect a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Building Architect?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026