The first part of the article, proposes a conceptual framework for studying status of architectural technicians from antiquity to present comparing Iran and the west. The study aims at clarifying the occupational position of draftspersons and construction technicians and their impact on architectural designs. But these human forces have always been marginalized within research discourse as well as the educational context of architecture. In Iran, the construction industry is mostly based on an overwhelming pattern of mutual design practices where the majority of expert personals are design and construction technicians. The constructions of the building professional body has been a main research subject in recent two decades.
