Architects come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and as a result, we all use different tools to get the job done. When I sit back and really think about what I absolutely need to do my job, these are the items that matter most.

Architects are lucky. Once you get past the few architects that complain disproportionately loud for the entire profession, you will discover that just about anyone can be an architect and have a role to play in the design and building process. Not everyone will be a designer, and not everyone will be a project manager. Some architects will stand in front of clients and communicate a vision, and other architects will stay in the office and make sure the details are watertight. The roles and responsibilities are so varied that if you want to be an architect but think you have some glaring shortcoming – I’m here to tell you that you are wrong.Today’s post is the 17th entry in the #ArchiTalks series, a monthly writing event that I created back in July of 2014. The idea behind this series is to take a singular word of phrase and distribute it to a group of architectural bloggers, and let them take it in whatever direction they interpret. The intent is to highlight diversity within the profession, and to highlight that point, I have pasted a section from the email I send every month to the people who make up the #Architalk participants. It reads:I want to encourage everyone to invite other architects who maintain blogs to participate in t...