Architects "provide services in connection with the design and construction of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings, that have as their principal purpose human occupancy or use." There's one line in that description that brings out the primary difference- architects focus on the human element of buildings.
Obviously the main area of overlap (which I assume prompted your question) is with structures. It's important to point this out, because many civil engineers have nothing to do with man-made structures whatsoever. In the real world, "structural engineer" refers to a civil engineer who specializes with buildings, bridges, dams, parking decks, warehouses,etc., while "civil engineer" refers to a civil engineer who deals with site grading and drainage, utilities, etc.
When it comes to warehouses, industrial plants, bridges... a civil engineer has the job of making them stand up. Architects may not even be necessary in these situations. If they are, their job focuses on space utilization and "architectural elements" like doors, windows, and wall siding. In this world, architects have a very minimal job and they typically report to a civil engineer.
If we shift to commercial and (especially) residential buildings, architects take on a bigger role. We want these buildings too LOOK good, right? Civil engineers don't know much about that. The more a structure must be designed for people, the more it requires architects. In these cases, engineers may not even be necessary- a civil engineer probably wasn't necessary to design your house. Of course, the bigger your building is the more structural engineer involvement there will be. Highrises definitely have engineers involved! Go look up One World Trade Center- there were a lot of structural engineers needed to design that building. But it's the lead architect's name that you'll see. The architects designed that building- the engineers just helped make their plan work.
In a practical sense, architects spend most of their time making drawings while engineers make calculations. Architects plan out a building's floor plan and how it will look, inside and out. If you've ever seen a building and thought "that building looks really cool!" then you have an architect to thank. Engineers are responsible for figuring the loads on different building elements (from self-weight, occupants, wind, earthquakes, etc.), determining column/beam sizes, deciding on how many bolts or how much welding to do here or there, and so on. If you've ever been in a building during a bad storm, then you can thank a civil engineer that the building didn't fall down on top of you.
This is not to say that civil engineers don't have any sense of what looks/works good, nor that architects don't know anything about the calculations involved with structural engineering. But I think this is been a fair comparison for the sake of answering your question.
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.
The Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) is an undergraduate academic degree designed to satisfy the academic component of professional accreditation bodies, to be followed by a period of practical training prior to professional examination and registration.
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Civil Engineers are involved in Civil jobs. highway and road construction, bridge construction, building construction. They design and improve the structure of a building. Architects design the stuff that you see.
For example.
Building 1
-Mechanical and/or Industrial Engineer designs HVAC ventilation and plumbing systems.
-Electrical Engineer designed electrical systems(outlets, electrical boxes, switches, lights, etc.
-Civil Engineers design the stucture, or skeleton of the building to make sure it can withstand the weight and outside forces of rain, wind, earthquakes, and heat.
-Architects design the "looks" of buildings and ensure that the standards are met for allowed hall way widths, door widths and heights, lighting levels, railings, # of water fountains and bathrooms per occupancy per square footage, etc.
Civil engineers design site excavation, back fill, drainage, exterior water & sewer utilities, site drainage and dry well systems for roof drains. Architects design the building itself, including rooms, hallways, external building fascia, roof drain system, interior wall, floor and ceiling treatments, doors and windows, building egress, parking facilities, and site design. The architects direct the work of the civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineers in the design of buildings.
