1. Korea Institute of Registered Architects
KIRA Golden Jubilee
The 50th Anniversary
of the founding
Korea Institute of Registered Architects
KIRA
ACPP Report 2015
12 November, 2015

2. 1. Contents 1. KIRA Member’s Practice
2. Qualification for a Registered Architect 3. CPD Related Businesses
4. Fees and Compensation Structure
5. Major Activities
6. International Activities
7. Other Activities

3. 1. KIRA Member’s Practice
1.1 Number of KIRA Member :
(as of September 2015)
Note 1. Categories of member: Regular, Associate, Special, Honorary member
2. Honorary KIRA(HKIRA): 19 members including Louise Cox, Immediate Past President, UIA
1.2 Organization
National Association and 17 Regional Chapters, and 124 Local Chapters
21 Permanent Committees and 2 Non-permanent Committees

4. 1. KIRA Member’s Practice
1.3
Changes in Number of Members
YEAR

5. 1. KIRA Member’s Practice
1.4
Current Status of Local Chapters

6. 1. KIRA Member’s Practice
1.5
Distribution Rate of Local Chapters
Total
Percentage
Seoul
2,461
25%
Busan
822 9%
Daegu
749 8%
Incheon
392 4%
Gwangju
317 3%
Daejeon
364
Ulsan
248
Gyeonggi
1,318
14%
Gangwon
256
Chungbuk
338
Chungnam
381
Jeonbuk
344
Jeonnam
269
Gyeongbuk
543 6%
Gyeongnam
609
Jeju
189 2%
Sejong 56 1%
TOTAL
9,656
100%

7. 2. Qualification for a Registered Architect in Korea
2.1 Qualification for license exam
Practical experience: min. three years of practical experience in architect’s office or total min. 5 years of practical experience with foreign license
Academic requirement: min. 8 school terms to be finished in accredited 5 year program
Person who has min. 5 years of practical experience in architect’s office who passed preliminary exam for architect’s license
2.2 License upon Professional Qualification Examination
2.3 Registration to KARB
required to renew every 5 years with min. 60 hours of CPD

8. 3. CPD Related Businesses
3.1 KIRA EB (Education Board)
Provide necessary and diverse educations for registered architects
Period : ~ 12.31
Number of Courses : 173
(Focused on ethics and continuing education on professional practice)
3.2 Curriculum
ITEMS
CONTENTS
ACQUISITION
Req’d HOURS
(60H/5yr)
Ethics Education
Ethical Education of Architects
Lecture Attendance 5
Professional
Education
Safety, Regulation, Architectural Design,
Construction Technology
Lecture Attendance/ Online 40
Self Development
Architectural Events, Publication, Lecture,
Volunteering
Participation 15

9. 3. CPD Related Businesses
3.3 Sustainable Architecture Academy
KIRA has successfully managed the Sustainable Architecture Academy since 2009 to foster design professionals on green architecture. 
40 Architects completed as 17th Curriculums in 2015
Number of graduates: 1,113 persons (as of 2015)
3.4 Han-Ok(Korean Traditional House) design Academy
Since 2012, KIRA offers a new education course for training Hanok architects under the sponsorship of MOLIT. This training course consists of lectures, online education, design studio, workshops and seminars during 6months.
A total of 134 architects are being completed as of 2015

10. 4. Fees and Compensation Structure
4.1 Research on Architects’ Fee Scale
Fee scale for only public sector to secure the quality of projects, Private sector fee scale seen as a monopoly by National Fair Trade Commission
Need To realize the proper fee scale to meet the requirement for additional services increased by recent trends; eco-friendly design, BIM, IBS, Barrier-free and others.
4.2 Architect’s Service Fee Percentage for Construction Cost
Construction
Cost (KRW)
Design
Category
Class-2
Document A B C
50 mn
10.75
8.96
7.17
10 bn 5
4.17
3.34
100 mn
10.1
8.42
6.74
20 bn
4.85
4.04
3.23
200 mn
8.06
6.72
5.38
30 bn
4.81
4.01
3.21
300 mn
7.36
6.13
4.9
50 bn
4.72
3.93
3.14
500 mn
6.89
5.74
4.59
100 bn
4.63
3.86
3.09
1 bn
5.89
4.91
200 bn
4.57
3.81
3.05
2 bn
5.42
4.52
3.62
300 bn
4.5
3.75 3
3 bn
5.23
4.36
3.49
500 bn
4.44
3.7
2.96
5 bn
5.14
4.28
3.42
Design Category indicates complexity of design (class-2 is average complexity)
Document Category indicates quantity of documents (A > B > C)

11. 5. Major Activities 5.1 Korean Architect Registration Board (KARB)
KIRA KARB(Korea Architects Registration Board) systematically manages the candidates’ professional development, registration and renewal of licensed architects, and continuing education of registered architects, all of which is commissioned to KIRA (Korea Institute of Registered Architects), based on Architects’ Act, Article 38, Clause 3, Item 2.
KIRA KARB’s goal is to comprehensively and systematically manage the entire qualification process of architects, from practical training of candidates to professional activities after getting registered.
5.2 Research for Standard Agreement Form
Analyze domestic and foreign contracts
Research domestic and foreign architects standard contracts
Research domestic architects contracts and dispute cases
Develop standard agreement form of architectural design services and examine how to utilize it.

12. 5. Major Activities 5.3 Research on Architects’ Fee Scale
Fee scale for only public sector to secure the quality of projects, Private sector fee scale seen as a monopoly
To realize the proper fee scale to meet the requirement for additional services increased by recent trends; eco-friendly design, BIM, IBS, Barrier-free and others.
Result of research has published in 2015
5.4 KIRA KAAB (Korea Architects Accreditation Board)
Operated 166 Continuing Education Curriculums for Architect’s Professional Practice in 2013
Total number of 25,495 architects were trained 449 times with 9 different operations

13. 5. Major Activities 5.5 Architectural Service Industry Promotion Act
Proclamation : June 4, 2013
Enforcement : June 5, 2014
To promote architectural design competition for the development of a design standard.
To foster young talented architects
To have standard contract form for fair business
To protect the Professional knowledge by the active support of the national and local governments
To promote the standardization for design information, design guideline, drawing, material and ordering system of an architects. In order to build up the infrastructure of an architectural design service.
To protect the intellectual property rights of architectural design and new technology, and erect, implement the standard of design contract
To protect the intellectual property rights of architectural design and new technology, and erect, implement the standard of design contract.
Appointment of the architectural service promotion facility for the building which a number of architect’s office gather
Ordering system and enforcement of the right for architects
Establishment of Architecture Promotion Agency
To support the tax benefit for architectural service industry

14. 5. Major Activities 5.6 Experiencing Architecture for Children
KIRA has a plan to manage the 4th Architecture Creative Class and Hanok experience event for children as an annual project. It is expected to inform our excellence of architectural culture and improve the image of architecture, develop creativity through the children to experience and explore the traditional wooden structure.
Period : 6 – 7 November 2015
Co sponsored by KIRA and Presidential Commission on Architecture Policy

15. 6. International Activities
6.1 ARCASIA Presidents’ Forum & ARCASIA Zone C Meeting
KIRA was hosted the ARCASIA Zone C Meeting on plan for ARCASIA in
Date : 23 October, 2014
Venue : KIRA Headquarters
Participants : AAM/ASA/ASC/ALACE (Member institutes of ARCASIA)
6.2 The 17th Korea China Japan Registered Architects Organizations Meeting
The 2014 Annual 3 Countries Meeting was hosted by KIRA. National Administration Board of Architectural Registration of P.R.C, NABAR and Japan Federation of Architects and Building Engineers Associations, JFABEA delegates attended at this meeting in KOREA.
Date : November, 2014
Venue : Incheon, Korea
Participants : NABAR, JFABEA Delegates

16. 6. International Activities
6.3 APEC Architects Project
History
Oct : MLTM entrust KIRA
Oct : KIRA organized Architect Monitoring Committee
Dec : Commenced the registration work
Jan : Launched APEC Architect Project in Korea
Oct : Central Council Meeting, Wellington. NZ
Committee : Chair Kim, Chi Tok(Advisor) and 9 members
Members : 199 APEC Architects are being registered as of March, 2014.
MOU in progress with other member Countries: None

17. 7. Other Activities 7.1 Seoul International Architecture Film Festival
Annual event which enhances public awareness of architecture as part of culture.
Period : 28 October-November 3rd, 2015
Venue : Art House MOMO at Ehwa Womans University, Seoul
Event : Hosted Architect’s Forum, Conversation with Guests
7.2 Publication: KIRA’s Periodicals
KIRA has been publishing monthly magazine Architect since and 11,000 copies are distributed to KIRA members and governmental organizations.
KIRA also publishes a newspaper, Architectural Culture News, in every another weeks from the year of 2006
Magazine : Published 11,000 copies at time, 12 times annually
Newspaper : Published 11,000 copies at time, 24 times annually

18. 7. Other Activities
7.3 Publication: The 50th Anniversary of founding KIRA
In 2015, KIRA celebrates its 50th anniversary of foundation. A special publication will be issued in an over 500 page hard cover book.
7.4 Exhibition: 2015 Korea Architecture Fair and Festival (KAFF)
Period : 20 – 23 October, 2015 (4 days)
Venue : COEX, Seoul
Participants
- 100 Companies participated with 250 booth
- Number of Visitors : Approx. 23,000
(Outstanding Materials of the year of 2014
are recommended)

19. 7. Other Activities 7.5 2015 Korean Architecture Award
Period : 5 November, 2015
Venue : Grand Hall, KIRA Headquarters
Established in 1994
Hosted by the MOLIT and KIRA
Goals : to find good architecture and encourage architects, clients and contractors for better architectural environments
The highest architectural award program in Korea with presidential awards in 4 different categories
Category : Completed Building / Planning & Design

20. 7. Other Activities 7.6 Korea Rising Architects Award
Under the sponsorship of MOLIT, KIRA organizes Korea Rising Architects Award to publicize young architects and promote their entry to the market. It is open to all architects who are under 10 years from being qualified and have more than 1 complete work.
Period : November. 4th, 2014
Venue : aT Center, Seoul
For Architects under the 45years old who registered as Professional Practice
The MOLIT awards the Award, publishes the Anthology and hosts an exhibition of publicity and promotional support businesses. Additionally, the winner will take part of the Jury/ Advisor in the next academic competition or pilot projects which organize by MOLIT and The Central Architecture of the Commission.

21. 7. Other Activities 7.7 Seoul Architecture Policy Commission
1) Legal Background: Architecture Fundamental Law
2) Major goals
- enhancing architecture culture
- enhancing public awareness of importance of architecture
3) Main activities
- Overviews on large scale public projects in Seoul
- City Architect System adopted in 2014: Ar. Seung Hyo Sang
- Operating Public Architect System:
163 public architects in 3 categories; young, design
excellence and MP group
- Seoul Architecture Forum: Established in November 2015
as a none profit organization

22. Thank you !