We are each the creators of our own universes from which our consciousness expands.

I'm not sure there's an architect as such, since expansion requires going into the unknown.

I suspect that this earth realm was created by another consciousness & that we have agreed to partake in this experience. While we each focus our consciousness on particular timelines within our own earth experience, there's a consensus of sorts being reached.  

 The interplay of consciousness is manifesting a holographic projection of reality. A simulated game of: Life.