Part 3 Handbook, 3rd Edition

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CHAPTER 1 PREPARING FOR PART 3

experience and where you do not have adequate knowledge. At worst, some of the

Professional Criteria will appear to be irrelevant to current architectural practice as you

perceive it. However, the qualification allows you to practise as an individual using the

protected title – what professional examiners refer to as the ‘brass plaque test’. There is,

especially at this stage in your career, an unavoidable tension or mismatch between your

specific experience and the wider requirements for registration.

The way you demonstrate that you meet the Professional Criteria is through submission of

a number of written components and an oral examination carried out by two Professional

Examiners. It includes (Figure 1.1