Member benefits - Chartered Membership
RIBA Membership is recognised and respected throughout the world and provides you with a wide range of benefits and opportunities. We help you stay successful in an ever-changing world by providing you with the knowledge, skills, and connections you need to make the most of opportunities, progress your career, and make an impact.
By being part of our global community, you can grow your network, showcase your impactful work, help us advocate for the big issues in architecture, and use your voice to drive lasting and meaningful change.
Show clients, employers, and the public that you are committed to the highest standard of professional and ethical practice
A RIBA logo and Chartered affix represent your status as a Chartered Member. Use these on your website, business cards, and drawings. Download by logging in to architecture.com and selecting resources. On becoming a member, you will also receive your hard copy RIBA diploma, and a digital chartered certificate once you renew.
If you are a Chartered Member running your own practice you can also purchase a RIBA site signboard.
Enhance your skills and knowledge
Enjoy 20% discount on our wide range of professional courses on RIBA Academy and complete your CPD obligations for less with your annual £200 voucher to use on our Core CPD programme. Your voucher will be emailed to you once you renew your membership.
Remember, the CPD recording platform accessed through MyAccount provides you with a complete and easy-to-access record of all your learning.
Demonstrate your professional competence
Chartered Members can apply to join the RIBA Principal Designer Register, enabling you to demonstrate your knowledge, skills, experience, and behaviours to support the dutyholder role under CDM and Building Regulations.
Chartered Members whose work requires them to undertake ‘designer’s duties’ (under CDM or Building Regulations) in England are required to pass the RIBA Health and Safety Test as part of RIBA's CPD compliance policy.
Get expert help when you need it most
Our Contact Centre and Membership Servicing Team can connect you with the guidance you need. You can also access our Specialist Consultants for legal, technical, and professional support.
Have practical help and advice at your fingertips with templates and practical guides on appointments and pre-construction information to help architects discharge their duties as Designers and Principal Designers under CDM 2015 Health and Safety Regulations, as well as a wide range of resources, including our 2024 guide to professional indemnity insurance.
Receive a £10 discount on all digital RIBA Contracts purchased on RIBA Contracts Digital.
Stay informed
Your RIBAJ subscription gives you unlimited access to daily features on design in the making, brilliant buildings, opportunities, sustainability, and the people you need to know in and around architecture. Receive the RIBAJ magazine directly to your door or device and enjoy unlimited digital content on RIBAJ.com
Keep up to date with the latest news, views, and opinion with our Weekly Member Update e-newsletter
Keep abreast of current issues and unlock news, stories, and opinion from the world of architecture with features posted on architecture.com helping you stay up to date with changes in regulation, statutory requirements, technology, and materials.
Find out about local events and activities with monthly newsletters from your RIBA region, packed with news and events to experience in your local area. Find out more about your local region and how to get involved.
The extensive RIBA library at 66 Portland Place, London is open to all and offers access to books, periodicals, and photographs from the RIBA Collections.
Don’t forget, members visiting 66 Portland Place, London can enjoy 20% discount in the café too.
Showcase your work, gain recognition, and boost your visibility
RIBA Members can enter our prestigious UK Awards. Highly valued by both the public and profession, our awards have an unrivalled approach to the judging and promotion of good architecture. UK Awards include:
- Regional Awards
- National Awards
- Stirling Prize
- House of the Year Award
- Neave Brown Award for Housing
- Stephen Lawrence Prize
- RIBA Reinvention Award
- Client of the Year Award
You also receive 20% discount on the entry fee for our International Awards; architecture’s highest global accolades, celebrating buildings from around the world that demonstrate visionary thinking, design excellence and social impact. RIBA International Awards comprise the International Awards for Excellence, RIBA Emerging Architect, and RIBA International Prize
Protect the past, safeguard the Future
Progressing the profession and supporting our members is central to the work that we do. RIBA lobbies UK government and Parliament to champion architects, for better buildings, stronger communities, and higher environmental standards. We provide thought leadership through the development of policy and research, using the expertise of our members. You can contribute to our lobbying and campaigning through member surveys, roundtables, and workshops.
Support the future of the profession through our Future Architects programme for students and early career architects offering mentoring and support to help their transition to practice. Find out how you can get involved
Get involved with our network of volunteer led groups, branches and chapters, connecting, informing and inspiring our members and the wider communities in which they work and live, both in the UK and worldwide
Nominate and vote in the RIBA President and other RIBA elections and nominate for Royal Gold Medal and Honorary Fellows. We will contact you directly with information about upcoming elections.
Extend your network and be inspired
Expand your network and stay informed at a wide range of professional events, seminars, exhibitions, and workshops; with up to 50% member discount available.
Connect with your local RIBA team for guidance and support and get inspired at digital and in-person events across 70 local Branches and Chapters.
