A registered architect is also known as a Qualified Person (QP) and is required in matters concerning compliance issues and approvals from the building authorities.
In Singapore, an architect needs to have on average 5 years of formal education in Architecture and minimum 2 years of relevant experience in an architectural practice. He/she must demonstrate their working experience through maintaining a log book of their daily work and submit a case study of one of their projects. Only when it is deemed that they have sufficient practical experience can they sit for an exam testing both regulatory and contractual knowledge. The final stage is an interview before they are allowed to be registered with the Board of Architects Singapore (BOA) as a registered architect.