LICENSING

Licensing Process
Check with the Individual Licensing Board of the jurisdiction were you wish to practice architecture to verify registration and practice requirements before you begin and often as you progress through the process as each jurisdiction may change its rules, statutes, and regulations at any time. In general, candidates for architectural licensure must:
  1. Earn a professional degree from a college or university that has an Architecture Program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).
  2. Fulfill the Practical Experience / Architectural Experience Program (AXP) requirement.
  3. Pass the Architect Registration Examination (ARE).
  4. Obtain a License to practice architecture in your jurisdiction.

What's Your Title?
Delaware statutes prohibit a person who is not licensed as an architect from not only practicing or offering to practice architecture in the state, but also from otherwise holding oneself out to the public as being an architect, or use in connection with the person’s name, or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description intending to convey the impress that the person s an architect. 

Delaware Code, Title 24, Section 303(a) states, in part, that: “No person shall engage in the practice of architecture in this State or otherwise hold oneself out to the public as being an architect, or use in connection with the person's name, or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description intending to convey the impression that the person is an architect, unless such person has a certificate of registration.”  This consistently has been interpreted to prohibit an unlicensed individual from holding themselves out as a "residential architect", "interior architect" or "architectural designer" and from using similar titles that include "architect" or derivative terms such as "architectural".

There are certain titles allowed by the state of Delaware, "Architectural Associate" is not one of them.
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NCARB Licensing Advisors
Architect licensing advisors are local professionals, educators, and students who volunteer their time to help others pursue licensure and reciprocity.   Contact us:
Toomas Idnurm, Associate AIA
(302) 339-2600
toomasi@aol.com
Nancy Payne, Executive Director
AIA Delaware
(302) 654-9817
director@aiadelaware.org
AIA Resources
One of the primary requirements for becoming a licensed architect is passing the Architect Registration Exam (ARE). The exam covers six practice areas: practice management, project management, programming and analysis, project planning and design, project development and documentation, and construction evaluation, preparing you for professional practice in the U.S.

AIA offers a variety of resources to assist you in passing the exam and getting that architect stamp you've been working for.

ARE Study Materials
AIA Delaware offers ARE Study Materials for loan to AIA Associate members in good standing of AIA Delaware. 
For a sense of the value of this service to AIA DE members, keep this in mind:

  $680        Cost of ARE 5.0 Complete Study Library by Brightwood
  $232        Cost of Associate Membership in AIA Delaware per year
  $488        Potential savings

How to Borrow our ARE Study Materials:
  1. Complete the ARE Study Material Agreement and send it to AIA Delaware.
  2. Pick up the ARE Study Materials making sure to bring your Agreement and Security Deposit.
  3. Have a colleague planning to take the exams who is not a member of AIA Delaware?  Let them know that it
    ​could be much less expensive to study for the exam as an Associate Member than to buy all the study materials .

Be sure to keep in touch, so we can celebrate your success with you!
Brightwood Architecture Education (formerly Kaplan Architecture) can help you prepare for the next step in your career.

As you prepare for the Architect Registration Exam® (ARE®), you will receive the same great Study Guides and exam prep materials that have helped so many associate architects pass the ARE.  ARE 5.0 Study Guides, QBanks, and Flashcards now available!  Brightwood’s study materials are prepared by the leading subject matter experts in the business to help you pass the ARE®.  AIA Delaware members can use receive a 20% discount (download discount flyer).