Architects Registration Board

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The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is the statutory body for the registration of architects in the United Kingdom. It operates under the Architects Act 1997, a consolidating Act. It began under the Architects (Registration) Act, 1931 which gave it the name the Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK). It prescribes architectural qualifications, maintains the Register of Architects and for registered persons has certain responsibilities for standards of professional conduct and competence.

A Registrar, who may be an employee of the Board or its contractor, is appointed for the purpose of admitting persons to the Register or placing them on the list of visiting EU architects and, in some instances, causing matters concerning conduct and competence to be investigated.

[edit] External links

• ARB web site
• Royal Institute of British Architects
• Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
• AARUK About architects' registration in the United Kingdom – a critical appraisal.

[edit] See also

• Architects Registration in the United Kingdom
• The Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 to 1938
• Reform of Architects Registration.