Architect, 'architect' means a person whose name is for the time being entered in the register. [Architects Act (20 of 1972), s. 2(a)]
A person who is skilled in the study of architecture, or more generally a person who prepares designs or plans of a building and supervises its erection. The plans of an architect cease to be his property as soon as he has been paid for his work upon them, Gibbon v. Pease, 1905 (1) KB 810. As to the liability of an architect for negligence, see Columbus Co. v. Clowes, (1903) 1 KB 244, and Chambers v. Goldthorpe, 1901 (1) KB 624; with regard to an architect's certificate, see the last-cited case and Eaglesham v. McMaster, 1920 (2) KB 169, also Hudson on Building Contracts, 6th ed. 'Architectural works of art,' as defined by the Act, are protected by the Copyright Act, 1911, see s. 35. The Architects (Regulation) Act, 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 33), provides for the Registration of Architects.