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Hong Kong architecture guides
Reads on official registers and Buildings Ordinance roles. We list the practice, not every named architect. Nothing here is professional advice.
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Official registers
ARB Register: how to check a registered architect
The Architects Registration Board’s Register is the statutory list of registered architects in Hong Kong. It is free to search, it lists people rather than firms, and an entry lapses if it is not renewed.
Official registers
HKIA registered practices: check an architecture firm
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects publishes a list of registered practices showing each firm’s band and contact details. It is HKIA’s list of firms, separate from the ARB Register of individual architects and from Buildings Department registers.
Buildings Ordinance roles
Authorized Person (Architect): AP register and duties
An Authorized Person is a statutory role under the Buildings Ordinance, recorded on a register kept by the Building Authority. Registration as an architect is one way in, but an architect also needs Hong Kong experience and a Registration Committee recommendation.
Buildings Ordinance roles
Registered Inspector (RI) and MBIS in Hong Kong
A Registered Inspector is a building professional on the Inspectors’ Register kept by the Building Authority. Under the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme (MBIS), the RI is responsible for the prescribed inspection or supervision.
Official registers
Who can use the title architect in Hong Kong (Cap. 408)
In Hong Kong the title “architect” is protected by the Architects Registration Ordinance. Only a person on the ARB Register may describe themselves as an architect or registered architect, or use the initials R.A.
Official registers
ARB vs HKIA vs Buildings Department: which to check
Three bodies, three different lists. ARB registers architects under Cap. 408, HKIA publishes its members and registered practices, and the Building Authority keeps the statutory registers of Authorized Persons, inspectors, engineers and contractors under Cap. 123.
Official registers
Buildings Department registers search: AP, RI, RSE, RGE
The Buildings Department’s Registered Professionals or Contractors search is the official place to check Authorized Persons, Registered Inspectors, structural and geotechnical engineers and registered contractors. Pick the right register first, then search.
Buildings Ordinance roles
Buildings Ordinance appointments: AP, RSE, RGE, contractor
Private building works in Hong Kong need named people from the Buildings Department’s registers: an Authorized Person as co-ordinator, a Registered Structural Engineer and Registered Geotechnical Engineer where the works need them, and a registered contractor.
Buildings Ordinance roles
Registered Structural Engineer (RSE) in Hong Kong
An RSE is an engineer on the Buildings Department’s structural engineers’ register. Here is how an engineer qualifies, how the register sits beside the others, and how to check one before you sign.
Buildings Ordinance roles
Registered Geotechnical Engineer (RGE) in Hong Kong
An RGE is an engineer on the Buildings Department’s geotechnical engineers’ register, appointed for the geotechnical elements of building works. Here is when one is needed, how an engineer qualifies, and how to check one.
Building works
Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme (MWIS) guide
What to do when the Buildings Department serves an MWIS notice: who you appoint, the 6- and 9-month deadlines, the forms, and the penalties BD publishes.
Building works
Minor Works Control System Hong Kong: Class I, II and III
The Minor Works Control System lets smaller building works be carried out lawfully through simplified submissions. Here is how the three classes work, who you must appoint, the forms and the 7- and 14-day time limits.
Building works
Registered contractors Hong Kong: RGBC, RSC, RMWC search
Building works under the Buildings Ordinance are carried out by contractors on registers the Building Authority keeps. Here is what each contractor register covers, who acts for a contractor, and how to check one on the Buildings Department search.
Building works
Submitting building plans in Hong Kong: approval and consent
Building plans for private building works go to the Building Authority through an Authorized Person you appoint. Here is when plans are needed, the forms, the 60-, 30- and 28-day limits, and what BD’s curtailed check means.
Building works
Occupation permit Hong Kong: who applies and how to check
A new building in Hong Kong may not be occupied until the Building Authority issues an occupation permit. Here is who applies, what they certify, the 14-day processing rule, and how to look up the permit for a building you own or rent.
Building works
Declared monuments and Grade 1–3 buildings in Hong Kong
Hong Kong protects heritage buildings in two different ways. A declared monument is protected by law under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance. A Grade 1, 2 or 3 historic building has an administrative grading that does not, by itself, give statutory protection.
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