Under the Registered Architects Act 2005 (section 7), only a
Registered Architect is permitted to call him or herself either a
“Registered Architect” or, when offering building design services, an
“Architect”.
To add value to your business, you may wish to indicate to clients and customers that you are a Registered Architect.
There are a number of ways you can do this.
Firstly, you can place after your name on your letters, emails and business cards the words “Registered Architect”. We recommend you add your registration code or number, to help members of the public check the Register;
eg
Yours faithfully
Bill Smith
Registered Architect (Reg. no.).
If it is more convenient, you can use an abbreviation. We suggest Reg Arch;
eg:
Yours faithfully
Bill Smith
Reg Arch, BArch
.
And finally, if you wish, alongside your name on your business card or after your name on letters and emails, you can use a special variant of the NZRAB logo, which uses the
stylised
A
and the words "Registered Architect" (ie the word "Board" has been removed); as illustrated.
High resolution images of these three logos are available for you or your graphics designer to download here or by clicking on the images. The Red of the stylised
A is
Pantone 1805 U.
There are some
basic rules for using these logos. Specifically:
-
the logo must only be placed alongside the name of an individual Registered Architect to signify that he or she is a Registered Architect
-
the logo must
NOT be placed alongside the name of a company or architectural practice and must
NOT be used to indicate any kind of endorsement for a company or architectural practice
-
the logo must
NOT be modified or tampered with in any way
-
the logo must be on a white background if the colour variant is being used; otherwise use the monotone variant, with which reversals are also permitted.
Thus an appropriate use would be:
Yours faithfully
Bill Smith
However, as per Rule 2, the following is
NOT permitted:
Bill Smith Architecture
If your registration has expired or you are in voluntary suspension, ie you do not have a current Certificate of Registration, you must
NOT use this logo or call yourself a Registered Architect.
Architects registered in overseas jurisdictions are permitted under New Zealand law to call themselves Registered Architects in New Zealand, but they must indicate the jurisdiction, and of course, they must
NOT use the NZRAB Architects' logo;
eg:
Yours faithfully
Bill Smith
Reg Arch (UK)
.
If you are uncertain about how to apply these rules, please call the NZRAB at 04 471 1336.