'''City Architect''' is a public official responsible for planning and shaping the physical layout and design of a city. City architect manages building permits, approvals, detailed plans, infrastructure development and other matters relating to construction in the city. This profession has existed for hundreds of years, – Stockholm's first city architect was appointed in 1661. In earlier times, the role of city architect often also included the responsibility of designing public buildings.
== Sweden == ''Stadsarkitekt'' is the Swedish name for city architect, but various other names have been used historically, e.g. ''stadsbyggmästare'' (city's master builder) and ''stadsingenjör'' (city's engineer). Sweden's first city architect was Nicodemus Tessin the Elder in Stockholm, appointed in 1661.<ref>{{cite web | title=Nicodemus Tessin | website=Nationalencyklopedin | date=2025-06-23 | url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/article/nicodemus-tessin-(1615-81-arkitekt) | archive-url=https://archive.today/20250623121533/https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/article/nicodemus-tessin-(1615-81-arkitekt) | archive-date=2025-06-23 | url-status=unfit | language=sv | access-date=2025-06-23 | url-access = subscription}}</ref> Sweden's second city architect was appointed in Gothenburg in 1717.<ref>{{cite web | title=Johan Eberhard Carlberg, stadsarkitekt | website=Riksarkivet | date=2025-06-23 | url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=16386 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250623121710/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=16386 | archive-date=2025-06-23 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Riksarkivet: Johan Eberhard Carlberg | website=Riksarkivet | date=2025-06-23 | url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=16382 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250623121925/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=16382 | archive-date=2025-06-23 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-06-23}}</ref> By 1900s, most Swedish cities had a city architect, but qualifications, education background and job descriptions varied a lot. In an attempt to standardize and improve the profession, August Atterström founded the Association of Swedish City Architects (Föreningen Sveriges Stadsarkitekter, FSS) in 1924.<ref>{{cite web | title=Sveriges stadsarkitektförening 100 år | trans-title=Swedish Association of City Architects turns 100 y.o. | website=Jönköpings läns museum | date=2024-09-02 | url=https://jonkopingslansmuseum.se/bloggportal/byggnadsvard/stadsarkitektforening/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250623112915/https://jonkopingslansmuseum.se/bloggportal/byggnadsvard/stadsarkitektforening/ | archive-date=2025-06-23 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2025-06-23}}</ref>
<gallery> File:Sweden's city architects (1939).jpg|Sweden's city architects in Aug 1939 File:Kalmar domkyrka 002.jpg|Kalmar Cathedral was designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder who later became Sweden's first city architect in Stockholm File:Jönköping Grand Hotel and Jönköping Theatre (cropped).jpg|Jönköping's Grand Hotel was designed by Jönköping's city architect August Atterström </gallery>
== UK == It is a form of council architect in the United Kingdom. * Bath City Architect * City Architect of Birmingham
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