Web Design for Architects and Building Control

No. "Architect" is a protected title under the Architects Act 1997, and only people registered with the Architects Registration Board can use it. If your practice includes architectural technologists or designers, your website should describe each person accurately.

Under the Building Safety Act, private building control firms now have to be registered as Registered Building Control Approvers, and individual inspectors as registered building inspectors, with the Building Safety Regulator. Your website should state your registration clearly, because clients and contractors check.

The way clients think, not the way the practice thinks: house extensions, new builds, conversions, commercial. Big, fast-loading images and a short story for each project explaining the brief and the outcome work best.

What you inspect, how the process works, what it costs and how quickly you respond. Builders and homeowners want to know they won't be held up, so turnaround times and a simple way to apply matter more than design flourishes.

Yes. Most enquiries come from searches like "architect for house extension" or "building control" plus a town name. Local SEO and content that explains the process bring in people who are ready to start.

Yes, including Pro Building Control.