Criteria | Competence

Registration as an APEC Architect

A candidate for registration as an APEC Architect must be currently registered/ licensed or otherwise professionally recognized as an architect in the economy that maintains the section of the APEC Architect Register to which application for admission is made. Architects must submit documents to the appropriate Monitoring Committee that show that they have completed an accredited program of architectural education, fulfilled pre-registration experience requirements have practices for at least seven years as registered/licensed architects and satisfied any additional requirements, all in accordance with criteria determined by the Central Council. Architects may only be enrolled in the section of the APEC Architect Register in their home economy.

In the Philippine Section, candidates for registration are required to have achieved the prescribes number of continuing professional development units; and must be active members of the Integrated and Accredited Professional Organization of Architects (IAPOA).

APEC Architect Registration applies only t individual persons, not to architectural practices or firms