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Royal Institute of British Architects

January 05, 2023

This article is about the professional body. For others uses of RIBA, see Riba (disambiguation).
"ARIBA" redirects here. Not to be confused with Arriba.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supplemental charters and a new charter granted in 1971.

Royal Institute of British Architects
AbbreviationRIBA
Formation1834; 189 years ago (1834)
TypeProfessional membership body
Legal statusChartered body corporate and registered charity
PurposeThe objectives of the RIBA, as set out in its Charter, are advancement of architecture and promotion of acquiring of knowledge of the arts and sciences connected therewith.
Headquarters66 Portland Place, London, W1
CoordinatesCoordinates: 51°31′17″N 0°08′42″W / 51.521283°N 0.14508°W / 51.521283; -0.14508
Region served
Predominantly UK with increasing global membership
Membership
29,203 chartered architects (2020)[1]
Chief Executive
vacant
President
Simon Allford
Main organ
RIBA Board & RIBA Council
Staff
309 (2019)[2]
Websitewww.architecture.com
RIBA Headquarters

Founded as the Institute of British Architects in London in 1834, the RIBA retains a central London headquarters at 66 Portland Place as well as a network of regional offices. Its members played a leading part in promotion of architectural education in the United Kingdom; the RIBA Library, also established in 1834, is one of the three largest architectural libraries in the world and the largest in Europe. The RIBA also played a prominent role in the development of UK architects' registration bodies.

The institute administers some of the oldest architectural awards in the world, including RIBA President's Medals Students Award, the Royal Gold Medal, and the Stirling Prize. It also manages RIBA Competitions, organising architectural and other design-related competitions.

The RIBA was historically a male-dominated body, first admitting women members in 1898, and appointing its first female president in 2009. Sometimes perceived as a London-centric organisation,[3][4] it has also been accused of lacking transparency.[5]

History

Originally named the Institute of British Architects in London, it was formed in 1834 by several prominent architects, including Decimus Burton,[6] Philip Hardwick, Thomas Allom, William Donthorne, Thomas Leverton Donaldson, William Adams Nicholson, John Buonarotti Papworth, and Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey.[7] The latter served as the institute's first president for 25 years until his death in 1859.[8]

After the grant of the royal charter it had become known as the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, eventually dropping the reference to London in 1892. In 1934, it moved to its current headquarters on Portland Place, with the building being opened by King George V and Queen Mary.

Royal charter

It was granted its Royal Charter in 1837 under King William IV. Supplemental Charters of 1887, 1909 and 1925 were replaced by a single Charter in 1971, and there have been minor amendments since then.

The original Charter of 1837 set out the purpose of the Royal Institute to be: '... the general advancement of Civil Architecture, and for promoting and facilitating the acquirement of the knowledge of the various arts and sciences connected therewith...'

The operational framework is provided by the Byelaws, which are more frequently updated than the Charter. Any revisions to the Charter or Byelaws require the approval of the Privy Council.[9]

Motto

The design of the institute's Mycenaean lions medal and the Latin motto Usui civium, decori urbium[10] has been attributed to Thomas Leverton Donaldson, who had been honorary secretary until 1839.[11] The RIBA Guide to its Archive and History (Angela Mace,1986) records that the first official version of the badge of the Lion Gate at Mycenae was used as a bookplate for the institute's library and publications from 1835 to 1891, when it was redesigned by J. H. Metcalfe. It was again redesigned in 1931 by Eric Gill and in 1960 by Joan Hassall. The description in the 1837 by-laws was: "gules, two lions rampant guardant or, supporting a column marked with lines chevron, proper, all standing on a base of the same; a garter surrounding the whole with the inscription Institute of British Architects, anno salutis MDCCCXXXIV; above a mural crown proper, and beneath the motto Usui civium decori urbium ". The motto is translated "for the use of the people, for the glory of the city".[12]

Architectural education

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the RIBA and its members had a leading part in the promotion of architectural education in the United Kingdom, including the establishment of the Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK) and the Board of Architectural Education under the Architects (Registration) Acts, 1931 to 1938.[13][14] A member of the RIBA, Lionel Bailey Budden, then Associate Professor in the Liverpool University School of Architecture, had contributed the article on Architectural Education published in the fourteenth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1929). His School, Liverpool, was one of the twenty schools named for the purpose of constituting the statutory Board of Architectural Education when the 1931 Act was passed.[15]

Soon after the passing of the 1931 Act, in the book published on the occasion of the institute's centenary celebration in 1934,[16] Harry Barnes, FRIBA, Chairman of the Registration Committee, mentioned that ARCUK could not be a rival of any architectural association, least of all the RIBA, given the way ARCUK was constituted.[17] Barnes commented that the Act's purpose was not protecting the architectural profession, and that the legitimate interests of the profession were best served by the (then) architectural associations in which some 80 per cent of those practising architecture were to be found.

The RIBA Guide to its Archive and History (1986) has a section on the "Statutory registration of architects" with a bibliography extending from a draft bill of 1887 to one of 1969. The Guide's section on "Education" records the setting up in 1904 of the RIBA Board of Architectural Education, and the system by which any school which applied for recognition, whose syllabus was approved by the Board and whose examinations were conducted by an approved external examiner, and whose standard of attainment was guaranteed by periodical inspections by a "Visiting Board" from the BAE, could be placed on the list of "recognized schools" and its successful students could qualify for exemption from RIBA examinations.

The content of the acts, particularly section 1 (1) of the amending act of 1938, shows the importance which was then attached to giving architects the responsibility of superintending or supervising the building works of local authorities (for housing and other projects), rather than persons professionally qualified only as municipal or other engineers.[18] By the 1970s another issue had emerged affecting education for qualification and registration for practice as an architect, due to the obligation imposed on the United Kingdom and other European governments to comply with European Union Directives concerning mutual recognition of professional qualifications in favour of equal standards across borders, in furtherance of the policy for a single market of the European Union. This led to proposals for reconstituting ARCUK. Eventually, in the 1990s, before proceeding, the government issued a consultation paper "Reform of Architects Registration" (1994).[19] The change of name to "Architects Registration Board" was one of the proposals which was later enacted in the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and re-enacted as the Architects Act 1997; another was the abolition of the ARCUK Board of Architectural Education.[20]

RIBA Visiting Boards continue to assess courses for exemption from the RIBA's examinations in architecture. Under arrangements made in 2011 the validation criteria are jointly held by the RIBA and the Architects Registration Board, but unlike the ARB, the RIBA also validates courses outside the UK.[21]

In 2005 Royal Institute of British Architects set up Academy of Urbanism.[22]

In 2019 the RIBA Council voted for the creation of the RIBA Future Architects initiative,[23] an online platform and international network aimed at Part I, Part II and Part III architectural students and graduates. The initiative was championed by student and associates' representatives on Council, after a 2018 campaign highlighting the hardship architectural students faced in their degrees.[24] The initiative is designed to support, inspire and provide a voice as students and graduates transition from study to practice.

Structure

The RIBA is governed by the RIBA Council, a group of 60 members, elected from among the RIBA membership, the majority of whom are chartered architects.[25]

The RIBA is a member organisation, with 44,000 members. Chartered Members are entitled to call themselves chartered architects and to append the post-nominals RIBA after their name; Student Members are not permitted to do so. Formerly, fellowships of the institute were granted, although no longer; those who continue to hold this title instead add FRIBA. Members gain access to all the institute's services and receive its monthly magazine the RIBA Journal and articles on its website, RIBAJ.com.

Designation

  • ARIBA: Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (no longer granted to new members)
  • FRIBA: Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (and Hon Fellow – an honorary designation)
  • RIBA: Chartered member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
  • The institute's president is designated PRIBA, past presidents use PPRIBA

Regions

The institute also maintains twelve regional offices around the United Kingdom, including a London regional office. The first regional office was the East of England, opened at Cambridge in 1966. Each region encompasses several local architectural groups. In February 2022, the RIBA was criticised for cost-cutting proposals to merge its offices across England into three 'super regions'.[26]

There are also international branches under the RIBA International umbrella, with offices in London, Shanghai and Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). There are four principal membership groups:

  • RIBA Americas – includes the RIBA USA Chapter
  • RIBA Asia and Australasia
  • RIBA Europe
  • RIBA Middle East and Africa

RIBA Enterprises

RIBA Enterprises was the commercial arm of RIBA,[30] with a registered office in Newcastle upon Tyne, a base at 76 Portland Place in London, and an office in Newark, later sold to allow further investment.[31] It once employed over 250 staff, approximately 180 of whom were based in Newcastle. Its services include RIBA Insight,[32] and RIBA Product Selector. It previously ran RIBA Publishing, RIBA Bookshops (which operates online and at 66 Portland Place), RIBA Appointments[33] and RIBA Journal.[34] These all now operate as part of the RIBA.

RIBA Enterprises also included the Newcastle-based NBS (National Building Specification),[35] which had 130 staff and dealt with building regulations[36] and the Construction Information Service.[37] In June 2018, the RIBA announced it was selling a £31.8 million stake in RIBA Enterprises, to LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Bank.[38] In November 2020, NBS was sold to Byggfakta Group, a Sweden-based information services provider.[39] The RIBA received £172 million[40] from the sale of its stake in NBS, some of which was reinvested to provide a reliable income stream for the institute.[41]

The RIBA has been recognised as a business Superbrand[42] since 2008.[43]

RIBA headquarters

 
Architectural Aspiration, by Edward Bainbridge, above the main entrance, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London

The RIBA's headquarters has been at 66 Portland Place, London, since 1934. This Grade II* listed building was designed by architect George Grey Wornum for the institute and features sculptures by Edward Bainbridge Copnall and James Woodford. The building is open to the public, and includes a library, architectural bookshop, a café, bar, exhibition galleries and lecture theatre. Rooms are hired out for events.

The organisation also owns an adjacent building at 76 Portland Place, a 1950s office building overhauled in 2013, which housed RIBA staff and a members' café. In September 2021, following the COVID-19 pandemic and an £8 million budget deficit in the year ending December 2020, the RIBA announced plans to sell 76 Portland Place and to reduce staff numbers. Chief executive Alan Vallance said 89% of RIBA's staff only wanted to work two or three days a week from an office, so 76 Portland Place was surplus to requirements.[41] A potential 20 further redundancies were reported on 31 January 2022.[44][45]

In January 2022, the RIBA announced an architectural competition for RIBA-chartered architectural practices for a £20 million "comprehensive refurbishment" of its 66 Portland Place HQ.[46]

British Architectural Library

 
Reading Room, British Architectural Library, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London

The British Architectural Library, sometimes referred to as the RIBA Library, was established in 1834 upon the founding of the institute with donations from members.[47] Now, with over four million items, it is one of the three largest architectural libraries in the world and the largest in Europe. Some items from the collections are on permanent display at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in the V&A + RIBA Architecture Gallery and included in temporary exhibitions at the RIBA and across Europe and North America.[48] Its collections include:[49]

  • Archives: 1.5 million items made up of architects' personal papers, correspondence, notebooks and diaries.
  • Audiovisual materials: Talks held at the RIBA, including talks by winners of the Royal Gold Medal.
  • Biographical files: 20,000 biographical files relating to a specific architect or firm. Files contain a mix of nomination papers for membership of the RIBA, obituaries, brochures, articles and letters.
  • Books: 150,000 books and 20,000 pamphlets, with the earliest book dating from 1478. Amongst the items is a first edition of Andrea Palladio's I quattro libri dell'architettura from 1570 and John Tallis's Tallis's London street views from 1838 to 1840.
  • Drawings: 1 million items are held. These predominantly cover British architects from the Renaissance to the present day, such as Ernő Goldfinger, Charles Holden and Edwin Lutyens. It holds the world's largest collection of drawings by Andrea Palladio.
  • Models: Examples come from architects such as Denys Lasdun for his Keeling House and National Theatre, London.
  • Periodicals: 2,000 architectural titles collected, with complete sets of Architectural Review, Architects' Journal, and Country Life.
  • Photographs: 1.5 million items, including the archive of the Architectural Press. Items date from the 19th century, but with major holdings of 20th-century photographers such as Eric de Maré, John Maltby, John Donat and Henk Snoek.

The overcrowded conditions of the library was one of the reasons why the RIBA moved from 9 Conduit Street (where it had been since 1859) to larger premises at 66 Portland Place in 1934.[50] The library remained open throughout World War II and was able to shelter the archives of Modernist architect Adolf Loos during the war.[51]

The library is based at two public sites: the Reading Room at the RIBA's headquarters, 66 Portland Place, London; and the RIBA Architecture Study Rooms in the Henry Cole Wing of the V&A. The Reading Room, designed by the building's architect George Grey Wornum and his wife Miriam, retains its original 1934 Art Deco interior with open bookshelves, original furniture and double-height central space. The study rooms, opened in 2004, were designed by Wright & Wright Architects.[52] The library is funded entirely by the RIBA but it is open to the public without charge. It operates a free learning programme aimed at students, education groups and families, and an information service for RIBA members and the public through the RIBA Information Centre.[53]

V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership

 
V&A + RIBA Architecture Gallery, Room 128, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Since 2004, through the V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership, the RIBA and V&A have worked together to promote the understanding and enjoyment of architecture.[54]

In 2004, the two institutions created the Architecture Gallery (Room 128) at the V&A showing artefacts from the collections of both institutions, this was the first permanent gallery devoted to architecture in the UK. The adjacent Architecture Exhibition Space (Room 128a) is used for temporary displays related to architecture. Both spaces were designed by Gareth Hoskins Architects. At the same time the RIBA Library Drawing and Archives Collections moved from 21 Portman Place to new facilities in the Henry Cole Wing at the V&A. Under the Partnership new study rooms were opened where members of the public could view items from the RIBA and V&A architectural collections under the supervision of curatorial staff. These and the nearby education room were designed by Wright & Wright Architects.

In June 2022, the RIBA announced it would be terminating its partnership with the V&A in 2027, "by mutual agreement", ending the permanent architecture gallery at the museum. Artefacts will be transferred back to the RIBA's existing collections, with some rehoused at the institute's headquarters at 66 Portland Place building, set to become a new House of Architecture following a £20 million refurbishment.[55]

RIBA Awards

Main articles: Stirling Prize, Royal Gold Medal, and RIBA House of the Year
 
RIBA plaque on Whitla Hall, Queen's University Belfast

The RIBA has been awarding the President's Medals annually since 1836, making them the institute's oldest awards, and possibly the oldest awards worldwide in the field of architecture. The Institute runs many other awards including the Stirling Prize for the best new building of the year; the Royal Gold Medal (first awarded in 1848), which honours a distinguished body of work; the Stephen Lawrence Prize,[56] sponsored by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, for projects with a construction budget of less than £1,000,000, and the President's Awards for Research.[57] The RIBA European Award was inaugurated in 2005 for work in the European Union, outside the UK. The RIBA National Award and the RIBA International Award were established in 2007. Since 1966, the RIBA also judges regional awards which are presented locally in the UK regions (East, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South/South East, South West/Wessex, Wales, West Midlands and Yorkshire). Inaugurated in 2001, the Manser Medal was renamed the RIBA House of the Year award in 2014.[58]

RIBA competitions

Main article: RIBA Competitions

RIBA Competitions is the Royal Institute of British Architects' unit dedicated to organising architectural and other design-related competitions.

Architectural design competitions are used by an organisation that plans to build a new building or refurbish an existing building. They can be used for buildings, engineering work, structures, landscape design projects or public realm artworks. A competition typically asks for architects and/or designers to submit a design proposal in response to a given Brief. The winning design will then be selected by an independent jury panel of design professionals and client representatives. The independence of the jury is vital to the fair conduct of a competition.

RIBA Plan of Work

The RIBA Plan of Work, first developed in 1963, is a stage-by-stage model considered "the definitive design and process management tool for the UK construction industry".[59] The latest version is the RIBA Plan of Work 2020, which has eight stages, 0 to 7. This version replaced the 2013 version.[59] Previously, the RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007 used letters for each stage (stages A-L) rather than numbers.[60]

RIBA work plan stages are often referred to in architectural, planning and procurement contexts, for example procurement notices may specify the relevant stages of work for which professional support is required.[61]

Education

See also: Architectural education in the United Kingdom, Registration of architects in the United Kingdom, Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture, and Doctor of Architecture

In addition to the Architects Registration Board, the RIBA provides accreditation to architecture schools in the UK under a procedure which validates courses at over 50 educational establishments across the UK.[62] It also provides validation to international courses without input from the ARB.

The RIBA has three parts to the education process: Part I which is generally a three-year first degree, a year-out of at least one year work experience in an architectural practice precedes the Part II which is generally a two-year post graduate diploma or masters. A further year out must be taken before the RIBA Part III professional exams can be taken. Overall it takes a minimum of seven years before an architecture student can seek chartered status.[63]

Criticism

Lack of representation

In common with other professional bodies established in the early 19th century, the RIBA was initially a men-only institution. Thomas Leverton Donaldson, the RIBA's first secretary aimed "To uphold ourselves the character of Architects as men of taste, men of science, men of honour";[64] this vision of the masculine architect largely excluded women from the architecture profession for decades.[65] More than 60 years after its foundation, the RIBA first admitted women as members in 1898; the first female member was Ethel Charles (1871–1962), followed by her sister Bessie (1869–1932) in 1900.[66] It was then more than 30 years before the RIBA elected its first woman fellow, Gillian Harrison (1898–1974), in 1931,[64] and a further 77 years before RIBA nominated its first female president, Ruth Reed.[67] There is no record of any of the buildings designed by the early women members.[68]

In 1985, when under 5% of chartered architects were women, the Women Architects Forum was established. In 1993 the RIBA established a special interest group, the Women Architects Group; in 1999, renamed Women In Architecture, it became independent of the RIBA, which, in 2000, set up its first equality forum, Architects For Change. This became an umbrella group for Women In Architecture, the Society of Black Architects, student forum Archaos and other groups.[69] In 2017, around 17% of architects were women, up from 8% in 1999.[69]

The RIBA has been criticised by architects outside southeast England as a London-centric organisation which does not reach out to all members in the United Kingdom and beyond.[3][4] The organisation has also been accused of institutional racism,[70] of having a "deep, systemic disengagement from the membership", and of lacking transparency.[5] In March 2022, young architects began a campaign to get the next RIBA president to move beyond "empty slogans and self-serving initiatives" and shake up an institute seen as "out of touch" with the wider profession.[71] The campaign included members of a grassroots organisation, the Future Architects Front (FAF), and the institute’s Future Architects Steering Group; their preferred candidate, Muyiwa Oki, was named on 6 May 2022.[72] Days later, the RIBA announced a restriction on new members participating in the elections (starting on 28 June 2022), a rule change described by the FAF as "an outrageous lack of transparency" and "exclusionary tactics".[73]

Also in May 2022, a RIBA director, Dian Small, highlighted the lack of diversity at an RIBA awards event, suggesting black architects "were not invited". On 26 May 2022, the RIBA's first director of diversity and inclusion, Marsha Ramroop, left after 13 months with the organisation.[74]

Governance

Main article: Alan Jones (architect)

Questions about RIBA transparency were also raised by Alan Jones during his presidency (2019–2021). Between 31 March and 15 June 2020, he temporarily stepped back over a matter in his private life,[75] reported by the RIBA as a "serious incident" to the Charity Commission.[76] After an independent investigation, Jones resumed his role as president on 15 June 2020.[77] In July 2021, he stepped down as a RIBA trustee, feeling unable to support a proposal to renew the contract of the RIBA chief executive, Alan Vallance,[78] having made "serious allegations" about Vallance's conduct in February 2020.[78] Senior figures demanded the body 'come clean' about the conflict saying "The RIBA is becoming an increasingly secretive organisation. ... Confidentiality has been weaponised and woe betide anyone who wants to ask difficult questions...."[79] A Council Board Advisory Group was established, with a QC investigating complaints.[80] Jones told Architects' Journal that he had come under pressure from senior RIBA figures to resign, and felt that "in terms of [RIBA's] transparency and accountability, there is room for improvement."[81]

A RIBA council member, Kerr Robertson, was removed as a councillor in October 2022. Described by Architects' Journal as a whistleblower, Robertson had criticised RIBA's board about issues including alleged conflicts of interest, institutional bullying, trustee interference in RIBA election rules changes, and a data breach.[82]

Presidents

Presidents of the RIBA are elected by RIBA members, serve a two-year term and chair the RIBA Council. The post was created in 1835, shortly after the institute's founding.[83] In 2009, 174 years later, Ruth Reed became the institute's first female president.[67]

The current RIBA president, serving from September 2021 to August 2023 is Simon Allford.[84] In August 2022, Muyiwa Oki was named as Alford's successor, set to take office on 1 September 2023.[85]

  1. ^ a b c second term
  2. ^ died in office

Secretaries

The role of secretary of the RIBA was established in 1871. Between 1835 and 1870, the secretarial duties of the institute fell to honorary secretaries.[90] Recent and current holders of the role are now referred to as chief executive.

See also

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Bibliography

  • H.M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (1997) ISBN 0-300-07207-4
  • Charles Read Earl de Grey (2007)[2], published by Willow Historical Monographs [3]
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  • Margaret Richardson (1984). 66 Portland Place: the London headquarters of the Royal Institute of British Architects. RIBA Publications. ISBN 9780900630903.

External links

  • RIBA official website
  • British Architectural Library The RIBA's books, journals, photographs, drawings and archives collections
  • RIBA/BALT library catalogue online
  • RIBA President's Medals Student Awards
  • RIBApix Images from the RIBA's collections
  • RIBA Competitions
  • RIBA official architecture bookshop
  • The RIBA Journal

Video clips

  • RIBA Architecture YouTube channel
  • Video archive of the lectures
  • NBS TV

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This article is about the professional body For others uses of RIBA see Riba disambiguation ARIBA redirects here Not to be confused with Arriba The Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom but also internationally founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837 three supplemental charters and a new charter granted in 1971 Royal Institute of British ArchitectsAbbreviationRIBAFormation1834 189 years ago 1834 TypeProfessional membership bodyLegal statusChartered body corporate and registered charityPurposeThe objectives of the RIBA as set out in its Charter are advancement of architecture and promotion of acquiring of knowledge of the arts and sciences connected therewith Headquarters66 Portland Place London W1CoordinatesCoordinates 51 31 17 N 0 08 42 W 51 521283 N 0 14508 W 51 521283 0 14508Region servedPredominantly UK with increasing global membershipMembership29 203 chartered architects 2020 1 Chief ExecutivevacantPresidentSimon AllfordMain organRIBA Board amp RIBA CouncilStaff309 2019 2 Websitewww wbr architecture wbr comRIBA Headquarters Founded as the Institute of British Architects in London in 1834 the RIBA retains a central London headquarters at 66 Portland Place as well as a network of regional offices Its members played a leading part in promotion of architectural education in the United Kingdom the RIBA Library also established in 1834 is one of the three largest architectural libraries in the world and the largest in Europe The RIBA also played a prominent role in the development of UK architects registration bodies The institute administers some of the oldest architectural awards in the world including RIBA President s Medals Students Award the Royal Gold Medal and the Stirling Prize It also manages RIBA Competitions organising architectural and other design related competitions The RIBA was historically a male dominated body first admitting women members in 1898 and appointing its first female president in 2009 Sometimes perceived as a London centric organisation 3 4 it has also been accused of lacking transparency 5 Contents 1 History 1 1 Royal charter 1 2 Motto 1 3 Architectural education 2 Structure 2 1 Designation 2 2 Regions 2 3 RIBA Enterprises 3 RIBA headquarters 3 1 British Architectural Library 3 2 V amp A RIBA Architecture Partnership 4 RIBA Awards 5 RIBA competitions 6 RIBA Plan of Work 7 Education 8 Criticism 8 1 Lack of representation 8 2 Governance 9 Presidents 10 Secretaries 11 See also 12 References 12 1 Bibliography 13 External links 13 1 Video clipsHistory EditOriginally named the Institute of British Architects in London it was formed in 1834 by several prominent architects including Decimus Burton 6 Philip Hardwick Thomas Allom William Donthorne Thomas Leverton Donaldson William Adams Nicholson John Buonarotti Papworth and Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey 7 The latter served as the institute s first president for 25 years until his death in 1859 8 After the grant of the royal charter it had become known as the Royal Institute of British Architects in London eventually dropping the reference to London in 1892 In 1934 it moved to its current headquarters on Portland Place with the building being opened by King George V and Queen Mary Royal charter Edit It was granted its Royal Charter in 1837 under King William IV Supplemental Charters of 1887 1909 and 1925 were replaced by a single Charter in 1971 and there have been minor amendments since then The original Charter of 1837 set out the purpose of the Royal Institute to be the general advancement of Civil Architecture and for promoting and facilitating the acquirement of the knowledge of the various arts and sciences connected therewith The operational framework is provided by the Byelaws which are more frequently updated than the Charter Any revisions to the Charter or Byelaws require the approval of the Privy Council 9 Motto Edit The design of the institute s Mycenaean lions medal and the Latin motto Usui civium decori urbium 10 has been attributed to Thomas Leverton Donaldson who had been honorary secretary until 1839 11 The RIBA Guide to its Archive and History Angela Mace 1986 records that the first official version of the badge of the Lion Gate at Mycenae was used as a bookplate for the institute s library and publications from 1835 to 1891 when it was redesigned by J H Metcalfe It was again redesigned in 1931 by Eric Gill and in 1960 by Joan Hassall The description in the 1837 by laws was gules two lions rampant guardant or supporting a column marked with lines chevron proper all standing on a base of the same a garter surrounding the whole with the inscription Institute of British Architects anno salutis MDCCCXXXIV above a mural crown proper and beneath the motto Usui civium decori urbium The motto is translated for the use of the people for the glory of the city 12 Architectural education Edit In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the RIBA and its members had a leading part in the promotion of architectural education in the United Kingdom including the establishment of the Architects Registration Council of the United Kingdom ARCUK and the Board of Architectural Education under the Architects Registration Acts 1931 to 1938 13 14 A member of the RIBA Lionel Bailey Budden then Associate Professor in the Liverpool University School of Architecture had contributed the article on Architectural Education published in the fourteenth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica 1929 His School Liverpool was one of the twenty schools named for the purpose of constituting the statutory Board of Architectural Education when the 1931 Act was passed 15 Soon after the passing of the 1931 Act in the book published on the occasion of the institute s centenary celebration in 1934 16 Harry Barnes FRIBA Chairman of the Registration Committee mentioned that ARCUK could not be a rival of any architectural association least of all the RIBA given the way ARCUK was constituted 17 Barnes commented that the Act s purpose was not protecting the architectural profession and that the legitimate interests of the profession were best served by the then architectural associations in which some 80 per cent of those practising architecture were to be found The RIBA Guide to its Archive and History 1986 has a section on the Statutory registration of architects with a bibliography extending from a draft bill of 1887 to one of 1969 The Guide s section on Education records the setting up in 1904 of the RIBA Board of Architectural Education and the system by which any school which applied for recognition whose syllabus was approved by the Board and whose examinations were conducted by an approved external examiner and whose standard of attainment was guaranteed by periodical inspections by a Visiting Board from the BAE could be placed on the list of recognized schools and its successful students could qualify for exemption from RIBA examinations The content of the acts particularly section 1 1 of the amending act of 1938 shows the importance which was then attached to giving architects the responsibility of superintending or supervising the building works of local authorities for housing and other projects rather than persons professionally qualified only as municipal or other engineers 18 By the 1970s another issue had emerged affecting education for qualification and registration for practice as an architect due to the obligation imposed on the United Kingdom and other European governments to comply with European Union Directives concerning mutual recognition of professional qualifications in favour of equal standards across borders in furtherance of the policy for a single market of the European Union This led to proposals for reconstituting ARCUK Eventually in the 1990s before proceeding the government issued a consultation paper Reform of Architects Registration 1994 19 The change of name to Architects Registration Board was one of the proposals which was later enacted in the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and re enacted as the Architects Act 1997 another was the abolition of the ARCUK Board of Architectural Education 20 RIBA Visiting Boards continue to assess courses for exemption from the RIBA s examinations in architecture Under arrangements made in 2011 the validation criteria are jointly held by the RIBA and the Architects Registration Board but unlike the ARB the RIBA also validates courses outside the UK 21 In 2005 Royal Institute of British Architects set up Academy of Urbanism 22 In 2019 the RIBA Council voted for the creation of the RIBA Future Architects initiative 23 an online platform and international network aimed at Part I Part II and Part III architectural students and graduates The initiative was championed by student and associates representatives on Council after a 2018 campaign highlighting the hardship architectural students faced in their degrees 24 The initiative is designed to support inspire and provide a voice as students and graduates transition from study to practice Structure EditThe RIBA is governed by the RIBA Council a group of 60 members elected from among the RIBA membership the majority of whom are chartered architects 25 The RIBA is a member organisation with 44 000 members Chartered Members are entitled to call themselves chartered architects and to append the post nominals RIBA after their name Student Members are not permitted to do so Formerly fellowships of the institute were granted although no longer those who continue to hold this title instead add FRIBA Members gain access to all the institute s services and receive its monthly magazine the RIBA Journal and articles on its website RIBAJ com Designation Edit ARIBA Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects no longer granted to new members FRIBA Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and Hon Fellow an honorary designation RIBA Chartered member of the Royal Institute of British Architects The institute s president is designated PRIBA past presidents use PPRIBARegions Edit The institute also maintains twelve regional offices around the United Kingdom including a London regional office The first regional office was the East of England opened at Cambridge in 1966 Each region encompasses several local architectural groups In February 2022 the RIBA was criticised for cost cutting proposals to merge its offices across England into three super regions 26 RIBA East Great Shelford RIBA East Midlands Nottingham RIBA London London RIBA North East Newcastle RIBA North West Liverpool RIBA South South East Reading RIBA South West Wessex Bristol RIBA West Midlands Birmingham RIBA Yorkshire Leeds RIAS Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland 27 Edinburgh RSAW Royal Society of Architects in Wales Cardiff 28 RSUA Royal Society of Ulster Architects 29 BelfastThere are also international branches under the RIBA International umbrella with offices in London Shanghai and Sharjah United Arab Emirates There are four principal membership groups RIBA Americas includes the RIBA USA Chapter RIBA Asia and Australasia RIBA Europe RIBA Middle East and AfricaRIBA Enterprises Edit RIBA Enterprises was the commercial arm of RIBA 30 with a registered office in Newcastle upon Tyne a base at 76 Portland Place in London and an office in Newark later sold to allow further investment 31 It once employed over 250 staff approximately 180 of whom were based in Newcastle Its services include RIBA Insight 32 and RIBA Product Selector It previously ran RIBA Publishing RIBA Bookshops which operates online and at 66 Portland Place RIBA Appointments 33 and RIBA Journal 34 These all now operate as part of the RIBA RIBA Enterprises also included the Newcastle based NBS National Building Specification 35 which had 130 staff and dealt with building regulations 36 and the Construction Information Service 37 In June 2018 the RIBA announced it was selling a 31 8 million stake in RIBA Enterprises to LDC the private equity arm of Lloyds Bank 38 In November 2020 NBS was sold to Byggfakta Group a Sweden based information services provider 39 The RIBA received 172 million 40 from the sale of its stake in NBS some of which was reinvested to provide a reliable income stream for the institute 41 The RIBA has been recognised as a business Superbrand 42 since 2008 43 RIBA headquarters Edit Architectural Aspiration by Edward Bainbridge above the main entrance RIBA 66 Portland Place London The RIBA s headquarters has been at 66 Portland Place London since 1934 This Grade II listed building was designed by architect George Grey Wornum for the institute and features sculptures by Edward Bainbridge Copnall and James Woodford The building is open to the public and includes a library architectural bookshop a cafe bar exhibition galleries and lecture theatre Rooms are hired out for events The organisation also owns an adjacent building at 76 Portland Place a 1950s office building overhauled in 2013 which housed RIBA staff and a members cafe In September 2021 following the COVID 19 pandemic and an 8 million budget deficit in the year ending December 2020 the RIBA announced plans to sell 76 Portland Place and to reduce staff numbers Chief executive Alan Vallance said 89 of RIBA s staff only wanted to work two or three days a week from an office so 76 Portland Place was surplus to requirements 41 A potential 20 further redundancies were reported on 31 January 2022 44 45 In January 2022 the RIBA announced an architectural competition for RIBA chartered architectural practices for a 20 million comprehensive refurbishment of its 66 Portland Place HQ 46 British Architectural Library Edit Reading Room British Architectural Library RIBA 66 Portland Place London The British Architectural Library sometimes referred to as the RIBA Library was established in 1834 upon the founding of the institute with donations from members 47 Now with over four million items it is one of the three largest architectural libraries in the world and the largest in Europe Some items from the collections are on permanent display at the Victoria and Albert Museum V amp A in the V amp A RIBA Architecture Gallery and included in temporary exhibitions at the RIBA and across Europe and North America 48 Its collections include 49 Archives 1 5 million items made up of architects personal papers correspondence notebooks and diaries Audiovisual materials Talks held at the RIBA including talks by winners of the Royal Gold Medal Biographical files 20 000 biographical files relating to a specific architect or firm Files contain a mix of nomination papers for membership of the RIBA obituaries brochures articles and letters Books 150 000 books and 20 000 pamphlets with the earliest book dating from 1478 Amongst the items is a first edition of Andrea Palladio s I quattro libri dell architettura from 1570 and John Tallis s Tallis s London street views from 1838 to 1840 Drawings 1 million items are held These predominantly cover British architects from the Renaissance to the present day such as Erno Goldfinger Charles Holden and Edwin Lutyens It holds the world s largest collection of drawings by Andrea Palladio Models Examples come from architects such as Denys Lasdun for his Keeling House and National Theatre London Periodicals 2 000 architectural titles collected with complete sets of Architectural Review Architects Journal and Country Life Photographs 1 5 million items including the archive of the Architectural Press Items date from the 19th century but with major holdings of 20th century photographers such as Eric de Mare John Maltby John Donat and Henk Snoek The overcrowded conditions of the library was one of the reasons why the RIBA moved from 9 Conduit Street where it had been since 1859 to larger premises at 66 Portland Place in 1934 50 The library remained open throughout World War II and was able to shelter the archives of Modernist architect Adolf Loos during the war 51 The library is based at two public sites the Reading Room at the RIBA s headquarters 66 Portland Place London and the RIBA Architecture Study Rooms in the Henry Cole Wing of the V amp A The Reading Room designed by the building s architect George Grey Wornum and his wife Miriam retains its original 1934 Art Deco interior with open bookshelves original furniture and double height central space The study rooms opened in 2004 were designed by Wright amp Wright Architects 52 The library is funded entirely by the RIBA but it is open to the public without charge It operates a free learning programme aimed at students education groups and families and an information service for RIBA members and the public through the RIBA Information Centre 53 V amp A RIBA Architecture Partnership Edit V amp A RIBA Architecture Gallery Room 128 Victoria and Albert Museum London Since 2004 through the V amp A RIBA Architecture Partnership the RIBA and V amp A have worked together to promote the understanding and enjoyment of architecture 54 In 2004 the two institutions created the Architecture Gallery Room 128 at the V amp A showing artefacts from the collections of both institutions this was the first permanent gallery devoted to architecture in the UK The adjacent Architecture Exhibition Space Room 128a is used for temporary displays related to architecture Both spaces were designed by Gareth Hoskins Architects At the same time the RIBA Library Drawing and Archives Collections moved from 21 Portman Place to new facilities in the Henry Cole Wing at the V amp A Under the Partnership new study rooms were opened where members of the public could view items from the RIBA and V amp A architectural collections under the supervision of curatorial staff These and the nearby education room were designed by Wright amp Wright Architects In June 2022 the RIBA announced it would be terminating its partnership with the V amp A in 2027 by mutual agreement ending the permanent architecture gallery at the museum Artefacts will be transferred back to the RIBA s existing collections with some rehoused at the institute s headquarters at 66 Portland Place building set to become a new House of Architecture following a 20 million refurbishment 55 RIBA Awards EditMain articles Stirling Prize Royal Gold Medal and RIBA House of the Year RIBA plaque on Whitla Hall Queen s University BelfastThe RIBA has been awarding the President s Medals annually since 1836 making them the institute s oldest awards and possibly the oldest awards worldwide in the field of architecture The Institute runs many other awards including the Stirling Prize for the best new building of the year the Royal Gold Medal first awarded in 1848 which honours a distinguished body of work the Stephen Lawrence Prize 56 sponsored by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation for projects with a construction budget of less than 1 000 000 and the President s Awards for Research 57 The RIBA European Award was inaugurated in 2005 for work in the European Union outside the UK The RIBA National Award and the RIBA International Award were established in 2007 Since 1966 the RIBA also judges regional awards which are presented locally in the UK regions East East Midlands London North East North West Northern Ireland Scotland South South East South West Wessex Wales West Midlands and Yorkshire Inaugurated in 2001 the Manser Medal was renamed the RIBA House of the Year award in 2014 58 RIBA competitions EditMain article RIBA Competitions RIBA Competitions is the Royal Institute of British Architects unit dedicated to organising architectural and other design related competitions Architectural design competitions are used by an organisation that plans to build a new building or refurbish an existing building They can be used for buildings engineering work structures landscape design projects or public realm artworks A competition typically asks for architects and or designers to submit a design proposal in response to a given Brief The winning design will then be selected by an independent jury panel of design professionals and client representatives The independence of the jury is vital to the fair conduct of a competition RIBA Plan of Work EditThe RIBA Plan of Work first developed in 1963 is a stage by stage model considered the definitive design and process management tool for the UK construction industry 59 The latest version is the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 which has eight stages 0 to 7 This version replaced the 2013 version 59 Previously the RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007 used letters for each stage stages A L rather than numbers 60 RIBA work plan stages are often referred to in architectural planning and procurement contexts for example procurement notices may specify the relevant stages of work for which professional support is required 61 Education EditSee also Architectural education in the United Kingdom Registration of architects in the United Kingdom Bachelor of Architecture Master of Architecture and Doctor of Architecture In addition to the Architects Registration Board the RIBA provides accreditation to architecture schools in the UK under a procedure which validates courses at over 50 educational establishments across the UK 62 It also provides validation to international courses without input from the ARB The RIBA has three parts to the education process Part I which is generally a three year first degree a year out of at least one year work experience in an architectural practice precedes the Part II which is generally a two year post graduate diploma or masters A further year out must be taken before the RIBA Part III professional exams can be taken Overall it takes a minimum of seven years before an architecture student can seek chartered status 63 Criticism EditLack of representation Edit In common with other professional bodies established in the early 19th century the RIBA was initially a men only institution Thomas Leverton Donaldson the RIBA s first secretary aimed To uphold ourselves the character of Architects as men of taste men of science men of honour 64 this vision of the masculine architect largely excluded women from the architecture profession for decades 65 More than 60 years after its foundation the RIBA first admitted women as members in 1898 the first female member was Ethel Charles 1871 1962 followed by her sister Bessie 1869 1932 in 1900 66 It was then more than 30 years before the RIBA elected its first woman fellow Gillian Harrison 1898 1974 in 1931 64 and a further 77 years before RIBA nominated its first female president Ruth Reed 67 There is no record of any of the buildings designed by the early women members 68 In 1985 when under 5 of chartered architects were women the Women Architects Forum was established In 1993 the RIBA established a special interest group the Women Architects Group in 1999 renamed Women In Architecture it became independent of the RIBA which in 2000 set up its first equality forum Architects For Change This became an umbrella group for Women In Architecture the Society of Black Architects student forum Archaos and other groups 69 In 2017 around 17 of architects were women up from 8 in 1999 69 The RIBA has been criticised by architects outside southeast England as a London centric organisation which does not reach out to all members in the United Kingdom and beyond 3 4 The organisation has also been accused of institutional racism 70 of having a deep systemic disengagement from the membership and of lacking transparency 5 In March 2022 young architects began a campaign to get the next RIBA president to move beyond empty slogans and self serving initiatives and shake up an institute seen as out of touch with the wider profession 71 The campaign included members of a grassroots organisation the Future Architects Front FAF and the institute s Future Architects Steering Group their preferred candidate Muyiwa Oki was named on 6 May 2022 72 Days later the RIBA announced a restriction on new members participating in the elections starting on 28 June 2022 a rule change described by the FAF as an outrageous lack of transparency and exclusionary tactics 73 Also in May 2022 a RIBA director Dian Small highlighted the lack of diversity at an RIBA awards event suggesting black architects were not invited On 26 May 2022 the RIBA s first director of diversity and inclusion Marsha Ramroop left after 13 months with the organisation 74 Governance Edit Main article Alan Jones architect Questions about RIBA transparency were also raised by Alan Jones during his presidency 2019 2021 Between 31 March and 15 June 2020 he temporarily stepped back over a matter in his private life 75 reported by the RIBA as a serious incident to the Charity Commission 76 After an independent investigation Jones resumed his role as president on 15 June 2020 77 In July 2021 he stepped down as a RIBA trustee feeling unable to support a proposal to renew the contract of the RIBA chief executive Alan Vallance 78 having made serious allegations about Vallance s conduct in February 2020 78 Senior figures demanded the body come clean about the conflict saying The RIBA is becoming an increasingly secretive organisation Confidentiality has been weaponised and woe betide anyone who wants to ask difficult questions 79 A Council Board Advisory Group was established with a QC investigating complaints 80 Jones told Architects Journal that he had come under pressure from senior RIBA figures to resign and felt that in terms of RIBA s transparency and accountability there is room for improvement 81 A RIBA council member Kerr Robertson was removed as a councillor in October 2022 Described by Architects Journal as a whistleblower Robertson had criticised RIBA s board about issues including alleged conflicts of interest institutional bullying trustee interference in RIBA election rules changes and a data breach 82 Presidents EditPresidents of the RIBA are elected by RIBA members serve a two year term and chair the RIBA Council The post was created in 1835 shortly after the institute s founding 83 In 2009 174 years later Ruth Reed became the institute s first female president 67 The current RIBA president serving from September 2021 to August 2023 is Simon Allford 84 In August 2022 Muyiwa Oki was named as Alford s successor set to take office on 1 September 2023 85 1835 1859 Thomas Philip Earl de Grey 1860 1861 Charles Robert Cockerell 1861 1863 William Tite 1863 1865 Thomas Leverton Donaldson 1865 1867 Alexander James Beresford Hope 1867 1870 William Tite a 1870 1873 Thomas Henry Wyatt 1873 1876 George Gilbert Scott 1876 1879 Charles Barry Jr 1879 1881 John Whichcord Jr 1881 1881 George Edmund Street b 1882 1884 Horace Jones 1884 1886 Ewan Christian 1886 1887 Edward I Anson 1888 1890 Alfred Waterhouse 1891 1894 John Macvicar Anderson 1894 1896 Francis Penrose 1896 1899 George Aitchison 1899 1902 William Emerson 1902 1904 Aston Webb 1904 1906 John Belcher 1906 1908 Thomas Edward Collcutt 1908 1910 Ernest George 1910 1912 Leonard Stokes 1912 1914 Reginald Blomfield 1914 1917 Ernest Newton 1917 1919 Henry Thomas Hare 1919 1921 John William Simpson 1922 1923 Paul Waterhouse 1923 1925 John Alfred Gotch 1925 1927 Edward Guy Dawber 1927 1929 Walter Tapper 1929 1931 Banister Flight Fletcher 1931 1933 Raymond Unwin 1933 1935 Giles Gilbert Scott 1935 1937 Percy Thomas 1937 1939 Harry Stuart Goodhart Rendel 1939 1940 Edwin Stanley Hall 1940 1943 William Henry Ansell 1943 1946 Sir Percy Thomas a 1946 1948 Lancelot Keay 1948 1950 Michael Waterhouse 1950 1952 Andrew Graham Henderson 1952 1954 Howard Robertson 1954 1956 Charles Herbert Aslin 1956 1958 Kenneth Cross 1958 1960 Basil Spence 1960 1962 William Holford 1962 1964 Robert Hogg Matthew 1964 1965 Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson 1965 1967 Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett 1967 1969 Hugh Wilson 1969 1971 Peter Faulkner Shepheard 1971 1973 Alex Gordon 1973 1975 Fred Pooley 1975 1977 Eric Lyons 1977 1979 Gordon Graham 1979 1981 John Brian Jefferson 1981 1983 Owen Luder 1983 1985 Michael Manser 1985 1987 Larry Rolland 1987 1989 Rod Hackney 1989 1991 Maxwell Hutchinson 1991 1993 Richard MacCormac 1993 1995 Frank Duffy 1995 1997 Owen Luder a 1997 1999 David Rock 1999 2001 Marco Goldschmied 2001 2003 Paul Hyett 2003 2005 George Ferguson 2005 2007 Jack Pringle 2007 2009 Sunand Prasad 2009 2011 Ruth Reed 67 2011 2013 Angela Brady 2013 2015 Stephen Hodder 86 2015 2017 Jane Duncan 87 2017 2019 Ben Derbyshire 88 2019 2021 Alan Jones 89 2021 2023 Simon Allford 84 a b c second term died in officeSecretaries EditThe role of secretary of the RIBA was established in 1871 Between 1835 and 1870 the secretarial duties of the institute fell to honorary secretaries 90 Recent and current holders of the role are now referred to as chief executive 1871 1878 Charles Eastlake 1878 1896 William H White 1897 1907 William John Locke 1908 1943 Sir Ian MacAlister 1945 1959 Cyril Douglas Spragg 1959 1968 Gordon Randolph Ricketts 1968 1987 Patrick Harrison 1987 1994 Bill Rodgers 1994 2000 Alexander Reid 2000 2009 Richard Hastilow 2009 2016 Harry Rich 91 2016 2022 Alan Vallance 92 93 See also EditRoyal Town Planning Institute Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists Chartered Institute of Building Construction Industry Council Joint Contracts Tribunal RIBA Knowledge Communities The Georgian GroupReferences Edit ADVANCING ARCHITECTURE RIBA PERFORMANCE REPORT 2020 p 4 Retrieved 2 September 2021 RIBA Annual Report and Financial Statements 2019 p 15 Retrieved 2 September 2021 a b Reed blasts RIBA with London bias jibe bdonline co uk 30 May 2008 a b Waite Richard 13 September 2011 London bias in Stirling judging claims Bennetts Architects Journal Retrieved 28 July 2021 a b Johar Indy 26 August 2021 The RIBA needs systemic change if presidents promises are to mean anything Architects Journal Retrieved 9 September 2021 Dictionary of Scottish Architects Decimus Burton Retrieved 18 June 2016 Port M H Founders of the Royal Institute of British Architects act 1834 1835 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press Subscription or UK public library membership required Thomas Philip de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey Person National Portrait Gallery npg org uk Retrieved 10 September 2018 About the RIBA Charter and Byelaws Charter and byelaws Archived from the original on 26 April 2012 Retrieved 25 April 2012 Text of the Charter and Byelaws Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 4 November 2013 Retrieved 3 May 2012 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link RIBA lions medal and motto bdonline co uk Retrieved 14 March 2018 Donaldson Thomas Leverton 1795 1885 architect Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press 2004 doi 10 1093 ref odnb 7806 Retrieved 14 March 2018 Subscription or UK public library membership required Hammersmith School of Building and Arts and Crafts a book displayed at an exhibition London Picture Archive Retrieved 24 May 2021 21 amp 22 Geo 5 CH 33 PDF aaruk info Retrieved 14 March 2018 1 amp 2 Geo 6 CH 54 PDF aaruk info Retrieved 14 March 2018 Second Schedule to Architects Registration Act 1931 21 amp 22 Geo 5 CH 33 The Growth and Work of the Royal Institute of British Architects edited by J A Gotch PPRIBA John Alfred Gotch Architects Registration Act First Schedule Constitution of the Council listing RIBA and other associations entitled to appoint members of the Council1931 21 amp 22 Geo 5 CH 33 Simon Report HMSO 1944 reprint 1952 and a ruling of the King s Bench Divisional Court R v Architects Registration Tribunal ex p Jagger 1945 2 All E R 151 both mentioned in The law relating to the architect by E J Rimmer Stevens 1952 Reform of Architects 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