Real property includes private residences, offices, theaters, public buildings and factories.
The education and training requirements can be achieved in a variety of ways. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, of good moral character and are required to present a recent head and shoulders photograph upon entrance into the examination site. Applicants must successfully pass the Architectural Registration Examination, administered by the Board of Architecture. The examination is offered once a year during June and consists of nine written divisions that take four days to complete. Candidates are given unlimited opportunities to retake divisions failed but all divisions failed must be retaken at one time.