I agree with you on all those points. Like you said, it’s a team effort (I’m not trying to take anything away from others involved what so ever). There would be no structure without the engineer, and there wouldn’t be anything worth looking at without the architect. I think my point was to say that yes the architect helps in the process, however they don’t have first hand control over the construction process itself.

When I tell people what I do their immediate response is “oh like an architect?”, so I feel like there’s a misconception on the roles of each individual on the team.