Architecture and Planning

20 careers in Architecture and Planning, ranked safest first: the career with the lowest AI exposure score, meaning the smallest share of its day-to-day work AI can already do, is at the top. For 3 of them the moat, what structurally protects the job, has not been classified yet; their cards say so rather than guessing.

Architecture and Planning at a glance
MOAT CLASSIFIED17 of 20 total
NO MOAT6
HAS A MOAT11
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIED3
MEDIAN AI EXPOSURE25 /100

Architecture & Engineering8

Surveying Technicians

19

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO19%moving to64%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
PHYSICAL MOATThe work is hands-on, in the real world. Software alone can't do it.
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Property Surveyor

22

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO22%moving to64%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Landscape Architect

25

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO25%moving to67%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Architect

25

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO25%moving to67%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Architectural Technologist

25

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO25%moving to70%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Landscape Architect

25

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO25%moving to67%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Architectural Technician

25

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO25%moving to70%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Architectural Technologist

25

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO25%moving to70%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Life, Physical & Social Science5

Urban Planner

22

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO22%moving to64%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Land Use Planner

22

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO22%moving to64%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Climate Resilience Planner

22

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO22%moving to64%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Urban Designer

35

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO35%moving to77%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Urban Designer

35

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO35%moving to77%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Business & Financial Operations2

Quantity Surveyor

22

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO22%moving to67%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Sustainable Architecture Consultant

25

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO25%moving to70%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media1

Architectural Visualiser

25

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO25%moving to95%
THE DOOR, NOWC
THE DOOR, 20 YRSE
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Management1

Surveying Consultancy Directors

30

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO30%moving to72%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Uncategorised3

These careers have no record in our AI outlook register, so there is no O*NET occupation code to group them by. Listed here rather than guessed into a category.

CAD, Drawing and Architectural Technicians

25

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO25%moving to70%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIEDA real score, but the moat is not yet classified. No claim either way.
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Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers and Consultants

35

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO35%moving to80%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIEDA real score, but the moat is not yet classified. No claim either way.
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Chartered Surveyors

35

Architecture and Planning

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO35%moving to80%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIEDA real score, but the moat is not yet classified. No claim either way.
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AI EXPOSURE = the share of a job's day-to-day tasks AI can already do today, from the same exposure engine used across this site (Anthropic labour market research, 2026, observed real-world AI usage by occupation). Higher means more exposed. It is a measurement of now, not a prediction. THE DOOR = how hard the job is to get into, grade A (easy) to E (extremely hard), from each career's published forecast (OpenAI, "The AI Jobs Transition Framework", Richmond 2026, CC BY 4.0). A card marked MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIED has a real exposure score but no entry yet in our moat register, so we make no claim about what structurally protects it. Scorecard grades and verdicts are Careermash editorial judgment: we show forecasts as forecasts and own our conclusions. Salary and pathway figures are each career's own published profile. Careermash is a service provided by What School Ltd.

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