An architect is a person who is registered with the Architects Registration Board of Victoria.
No one else can use the title.
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Minister’s Guideline and Building Product Safety Alert
The Minister for Planning has issued a guideline to reduce the risks to life and property arising from the inappropriate use of cladding products in external wall systems in multi-storey buildings in Victoria.
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The guideline is accompanied by a Building Product Safety Alert, warning building practitioners about the potential fire risks associated with the non-compliant use of Aluminium Composite Panels (ACP) with a PE core of 30% or more and rendered expanded polystyrene (EPS) products when used as external wall cladding.
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GRADUATE ARCHITECT? – NO SUCH THING! – You mean “Architectural Graduate”
View the latest Important Compliance Announcement here
Applications for the 2018-9 National Program of Assessment close on 25 May 2018
The National Program of Assessment is a competency based assessment that provides entry to the Architectural Practice Examination for relevantly experienced practitioners in design.
Please contact AACA directly for further information.
ARBV: Elenberg Fraser and the Lacrosse Building
In response to The Australian’s recent article on the 19 June 2017 and The Financial Review’s article published 25 June 2017 about the 2014 Lacrosse apartments fire, the Architects Registration Board of Victoria (ARBV) releases Read more…
APE Dates 2018:
Round 1
***LOGBOOK SUBMISSIONS FOR ROUND 1 ARE NOW CLOSED. NO FURTHER LOGBOOKS WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THIS ROUND***
Logbook submissions: from Wednesday 21st February to Tuesday 27th February
(Logbooks must be submitted during the specified submission dates. Late submissions will not be accepted)
National Examination Paper (NEP): Tuesday 17th April
Interviews: During May and June on dates TBC
Round 2
Logbook submissions: from Wednesday 11th July to Tuesday 17th July
(Logbooks must be submitted during the specified submission dates. Late submissions will not be accepted)
National Examination Paper (NEP): Tuesday 21st August
Interviews: During September and October on dates TBC
APE
Being registered after graduation is an important step so that the title “architect” can be used. Read more
About the act
Architects have been registered in Victoria since the first Architects Act in 1923. The current Act is the Architects Act 1991. Read more
Registration
Quick links
Minister’s Guideline and Building Product Safety Alert
The Minister for Planning has issued a guideline to reduce the risks to life and property arising from the inappropriate use of cladding products in external wall systems in multi-storey buildings in Victoria.
.
.
The guideline is accompanied by a Building Product Safety Alert, warning building practitioners about the potential fire risks associated with the non-compliant use of Aluminium Composite Panels (ACP) with a PE core of 30% or more and rendered expanded polystyrene (EPS) products when used as external wall cladding.
.
GRADUATE ARCHITECT? – NO SUCH THING! – You mean “Architectural Graduate”
View the latest Important Compliance Announcement here
Applications for the 2018-9 National Program of Assessment close on 25 May 2018
The National Program of Assessment is a competency based assessment that provides entry to the Architectural Practice Examination for relevantly experienced practitioners in design.
Please contact AACA directly for further information.
ARBV: Elenberg Fraser and the Lacrosse Building
In response to The Australian’s recent article on the 19 June 2017 and The Financial Review’s article published 25 June 2017 about the 2014 Lacrosse apartments fire, the Architects Registration Board of Victoria (ARBV) releases Read more…
APE Dates 2018:
Round 1
***LOGBOOK SUBMISSIONS FOR ROUND 1 ARE NOW CLOSED. NO FURTHER LOGBOOKS WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THIS ROUND***
Logbook submissions: from Wednesday 21st February to Tuesday 27th February
(Logbooks must be submitted during the specified submission dates. Late submissions will not be accepted)
National Examination Paper (NEP): Tuesday 17th April
Interviews: During May and June on dates TBC
Round 2
Logbook submissions: from Wednesday 11th July to Tuesday 17th July
(Logbooks must be submitted during the specified submission dates. Late submissions will not be accepted)
National Examination Paper (NEP): Tuesday 21st August
Interviews: During September and October on dates TBC
APE
Being registered after graduation is an important step so that the title “architect” can be used. Read more
About the act
Architects have been registered in Victoria since the first Architects Act in 1923. The current Act is the Architects Act 1991. Read more
Registration
Contact Us
Architects Registration Board of Victoria
Level 7, 372 Albert Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Phone: 03 9417 4444
Email: registrar@arbv.vic.gov.au
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm
