ARCON
Nigeria 🇳🇬FoundationsPROFESSIONALArchitects Registration Council of Nigeria — design, building technology, practice and the law the profession works under.
📏 ARCON's registration examination is arranged in parts (Part A for graduate entrants, Parts B and C for technicians and artisans) and set by the Council's examiners; the syllabus, format, dates and fees for the next sitting are published by ARCON and change from cycle to cycle — confirm them with the Council before registering.
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Beginner skill
Brief and site analysis to parti, load paths and the small structural checks, environmental strategy, services, and the construction detail that keeps water out.
Part A — Design, Building Technology and Materials
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Procurement and the tender package, the approvals path, conditions of contract and the certificate, and the client's and the profession's competing duties.
Part A — Practice, Contract and Project Management
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Density and the public realm quantified, the five decisions that move whole-life carbon, a conservation case argued on significance, housing delivery and the professional report.
Part A — Urban Design, Sustainability and Heritage
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- Design programming: brief, site analysis, climate and the partiFrom Brief to Detail: the Design That Survives Construction →
- Structural systems and load paths — from concept to sensible sizingFrom Brief to Detail: the Design That Survives Construction →
- Environmental design: daylight, ventilation, thermal mass and cooling loadFrom Brief to Detail: the Design That Survives Construction →
- Building services: water, drainage, power, lifts and fire installationFrom Brief to Detail: the Design That Survives Construction →
- Materials, components and construction detail — movement, weathering and durabilityFrom Brief to Detail: the Design That Survives Construction →
- Setting out, dimensional coordination and the construction drawing packageFrom Brief to Detail: the Design That Survives Construction →
- Procurement routes and the tender package in Nigerian practiceThe Documents, the Certificate and the Liability →
- Conditions of contract, instructions, and the claims that follow themThe Documents, the Certificate and the Liability →
- Statutory approvals: planning permission, development control and permitsThe Documents, the Certificate and the Liability →
- Project planning and control — programme, cost, quality and site instructionsThe Documents, the Certificate and the Liability →
- Professional liability, indemnity and the architect's duty of careThe Documents, the Certificate and the Liability →
- Practice management: appointments, fees, staff and the ARCON code of conductThe Documents, the Certificate and the Liability →
- Site planning and urban design in Nigerian cities: density, movement and open spaceCities, Carbon and What Is Worth Keeping →
- Climate-responsive and low-energy design in the tropicsCities, Carbon and What Is Worth Keeping →
- Whole-life carbon, sustainable materials and responsible procurementCities, Carbon and What Is Worth Keeping →
- Conservation of buildings and historic areas, and adaptive re-useCities, Carbon and What Is Worth Keeping →
- Housing delivery, land tenure and the Nigerian construction industryCities, Carbon and What Is Worth Keeping →
- Design research, presentation and the written professional reportCities, Carbon and What Is Worth Keeping →