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Welcome to Architects Registration Board
The UK’s regulator of architects
CPD Scheme
Revised Prescribed Exam
ARB is consulting on proposals for a new approach to the Prescribed Examination to improve access to the Register for competent individuals and remove unintended complexity and barriers.
The Architects Code
The standards every architect must meet – setting expectations for professionalism, competence and conduct.
Additional supporting guidance relating to the 2025 Code has now been published.
Corporate Strategy 2026-30
Our new five-year Strategy sets out how we will strengthen safety, competence and culture — embedding reform and delivering modern regulation in the public interest.
ARB Annual Report 2025
Read more about ARB’s 2025 Annual Report and Financial Statements.
The Architects Register is the definitive record of all UK architects. If someone is not on the Register, they are not an architect – it’s as simple as that.
Search the Register to find an architect to work with or to check a professional’s registered status.
Information for
Architects
and those seeking to join the Register
Information for
Public
Initial
Education
& Training
Information for students and trainees, learning providers and employers of trainees