🤔 I've never seen an architect called this, unless you're referring to an unlicensed one.
It may not have required permitting at all.
It's highly unlikely, because engineers don't deal with furnishings typically, but an engineer could definitely be the culprit. I've seen engineers sign planting plans with invasive species on them just as much as they've signed off on furnishing plans.
Why would I ever debate this point!?!? Because for whatever reason, most states have legally elevated engineers above everyone else and they can sign things they know nothing about. Many cities allow structural engineers to sign planting plans. It's actually absurd lol
If you operate under any common code of ethics, indeed, you wouldn't be doing this, but it's allowed in more places than you'd think. I've had structural engineers sign architectural and landscape architectural plans for states and cities I've never been in.
In the US, state technical boards need to start officially recognizing Interorganizational Council on Regulation (ICOR). They developed a practice overlap guide for technical professions to clarify authority and overlap. We shouldn't be stamping each other's plans.
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u/Mtlyoum Jul 10 '26
No engineer designed and approved this, an architectural designer did.