No one will ever escape the need to write. Even going into a career related to math and art – like architecture – doesn't mean a person won't need writing skills. Writing is an important part of an architect's job; it is used daily. An architect's writing is a means of communication and can even be a kind of advertising. An architect uses many forms of writing, such as emails, business letters, and published works, to communicate with the many people involved in a project and to keep track of everything that needs to be done, as well as the deadlines for those tasks and for whom each task is assigned.Mr. Richard Johnson, an architect with local firm The East Group, communicates most often by email. Another form of writing he uses frequently is meeting minutes, which keep track of what was discussed at meetings. He says he only occasionally writes more formal articles for "marketing or educational" purposes. It also uses Excel spreadsheets to track information on current projects (Johnson). Description or explanation of a project is another important type of writing for architects (Weinstein). These descriptions help other project participants – clients, builders, contractors, etc. – to understand what the architect plans and what they will have to do themselves. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) website lists the types of writing by an architect as follows: business letters, records of "all aspects" of the project, charts and tables, "specifications" defining the building and “items”. for professional journals and magazines. These parallel Johnson's writings, but are more formal and temporal...... middle of paper ......011.Weinstein, Norman. “Artistic writing.” Chronicle of Higher Education 54.26 (2008): B21. Premier Academic Research. EBSCO. Internet. October 13, 2011 Works referenced AIACC, . “Write for the AIACC.” AIA|CC: California Council. AIACC, nd Web. October 13, 2011. .Gaertner-Johnston, Lynn. “Tips for writing meeting minutes.” Syntactic training: commercial writing. Syntax training, January 5, 2006. Web. October 13, 2011. .IRAC, . “Architecture and architects: becoming an architect.” Architecture Canada: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. ICRA, 2010. Web. October 12 2011. .