Who we are

The Architects Register is an independent administrative organisation under public law that implements the Architect Title Act

Objectives

As an independent administrative body, we are jointly responsible for the professional competence of 14,000 interior architects, architects, garden and landscape architects and urban planners on the basis of the Architects' Title Act. In doing so, we strive to achieve the objectives of the Architects' Title Act: 

• Ensuring the professional practice of interior architects, architects, garden and landscape architects and urban planners and thus promoting the quality of the landscape and the built environment. 

• Implementing European guidelines for the four titles.

• Protecting the consumer.

Mission
To encourage the craftsmanship of spatial designers in order to improve the quality of our living environment

Vision

The core of our vision is the belief that registered spatial designers have a great responsibility for monitoring and improving the spatial quality of our living environment. Any intervention by them in the landscape or in the built environment must take place with respect for the culture and history and using the potential for the future. Together with their client, users and other disciplines, they work on a better and healthier living environment for people, plants and animals.

In doing so, they guarantee the safety of residents and users of buildings, cities and sites. Spatial designers are also the professional group par excellence that can contribute to solutions for the major transformation challenges of our time with an integrated approach, which are all interrelated (including the consequences of climate change, the shortage of housing, the nitrogen problem and the transition to a circular economy).

Registered spatial designers must combine substantive, technical and financial expertise with designing, imaginative and connecting powers. A unique combination of skills that enables them to connect the past, present, future and diverse interests and ambitions. With an integral approach and imagination of the future, they can visualize challenges and possible solutions and thus contribute to the necessary support for changes in our living environment.

The designer is not only a connector but in some cases also increasingly becomes a facilitator of the process of change. The great responsibility that comes with bearing the title requires continuous knowledge development of spatial designers. The training and professional experience period lay the foundation for this. They must be of high quality and connect with the tasks and needs of society. Once registered in the Architects Register, the spatial designer must find it self-evident that this great responsibility involves lifelong learning.

Core Values
Independence, Connection, Development and Inclusion

Independent - from our legal responsibility, we carry out our work impartially, with integrity and transparently.

Connecting - we are open and curious, make room for feelings, ideas, and interests of others and bringing them together.

Development - we acknowledge that we work in a changing environment; we adapt, stay positive, take initiative and continue learning.

Inclusive - we embrace differences and create an environment where everyone feels welcome, belongs to and treat each other with respect.

Our strategy visualised in a scheme

The Register of Architects

An independent administrative body is an organisation that carries out government tasks, but that does not fall directly under the authority of a ministry. The Register of Architects is accountable to the Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). The Framework Act on Independent Administrative Bodies provides a framework for the relationship between the Architects Register and OCW. The independent administrative body, the Register of Architects, was established in 2011, on the basis of the amended Architects Title Act, as a successor to the Architects Register Foundation. Every year, we submit the annual accounts, the annual report, the budget and the rates to the minister for approval.

Duties and legal powers

The Register of Architects has several tasks and powers, including protecting the four architectural titles and clearly communicating their value.

• Stimulating cooperation between various parties in the professional field.

• Creating good conditions for the successful completion of professional experience and career-long learning for all (future) registered architects.

• Managing the register of architects.

• Provide information about the professional qualifications of registered architects and their title rights. of information about the professional qualifications of registered architects and their title rights.

• Act as a contact point for professionals who wish to work across borders.

• Act as a consultation partner for the competent authorities of other EU member states.