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An architectural educator is one who educates ("draws out") others about architecture; the latter being the broad subject of the design of constructed environments. The career of an architectural educator may develop from a career or developed interest and practise in architecture and/or education.

Educating people about architecture as a system of placing things in the world, which was once an elite form of "knowledge". Architecture was "archaically" defined in Western history, for example, by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Rome c. 40 BC) as a culturally "higher order". Yet in writing De Re Architectura Libri Decem (On Architecture, in Ten Books), Vitruvius also formalised written Western architectural education. Many other cultures have aural and tactile non-textual architectural education traditions. Contemporary education about the order and placement of things can equally be regarded as a hermeneutic (in Schleiermacher's sense): as developing citizens' understanding about the ecological significance of arrangements of people and things in particular human environments.

Architectural educators may work in the service of the architectural profession or in the wider community. In the architectural profession, architectural education in many countries is guided or regulated by validation or accreditation. In the community, architectural educators may work to aid citizens to become aware of their environment, and their role in its ownership and care.

In some cases, architecture itself may become a tool of education, or an educational heurism, as in the case of the work of Anupama Kundoo. (see below)

Examples of Architectural Educators:

• Iain Borden
• Beatriz Colomina [1]
• Gregory Cowan
• Balkrishna Doshi [2]
• Deborah Howard [3]
• Anupama Kundoo [4]

1. Professional architectural education [5], [6]
2. Community architectural education [7], [8]