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The phrase "a former architect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who used to work as an architect but is no longer in that profession.
Example: "After years of working in the field, she decided to pursue a different career path as a writer, leaving behind her life as a former architect."
Alternatives: "an ex-architect" or "a past architect".
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A former architect, he became homeless after mental health problems.
Henderson is a former architect, with almost no formal training as a chef.
George Ferguson, the independent elected mayor in Bristol – a former architect – is a rarity.
Perhaps Mr. Twardzik's background -- he is a former architect -- has influenced his work.
At Canary Wharf, the traders include a former architect and a bank worker, as well as restaurateurs.
A few doors down his sister Afaina, a former architect, has opened the Ultra de la Rue gallery.
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The co-owner, Taavo Somer, a studiedly scruffy former architect, stocked the shop with "lots of guy's-guy stuff" and set up a vintage barbershop in the back.
Mr. Burickson, 37, a poet, professor and former architect, concedes the obvious drama of these scenes.
For Paul Wechsler, a 60-year-old former architect who lives in New Jersey, the changes were not subtle or bizarre, just painful.
Goldman, a 73-year-old former architect, lives with his wife, Patti, in Arizona, where he works in retail sales.
Murphy is a former landscape architect who began her art career as a representational painter.
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