The Architects’ Company is a modern livery company of the City of London.

The Company was founded in 1984 and granted livery status in 1988. It ranks 98th in the order of precedence for the City of London Livery Companies.

Founded
1984
Livery status
1988
Royal charter
2019

Embracing architects and promoting quality architecture.

For more archive material, please visit our HERITAGE SITE by clicking on the image of our history book above

 

The Architect’s Company, formally known as The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects is a modern Livery Company that was given the Royal Charter in 2019.

The Company promotes quality architecture in the City of London and the architectural profession globally; it supports education through awards and prizes as well as a range of charities related to the City.

The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects achieved Livery status in 1988 – just four years after it was founded in 1984, and received the Royal Charter in 2019 and ranks ninety-eighth in the order of precedence for Livery Companies. Information about the current Officers and Court Members may be found on these Company pages.

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Temple Bar

Sir Christopher Wren

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Roger France

Presenting the ABS Plate in 2010

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Sir Cristopher Wren

Architect

Our Heritage – Four

Saddlers’ Hall

Election Court Lunch 2021

Victorian London – Temple Bar

Vintage Engraving

Temple Bar, London 1893

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Royal Charter Banquet

Past Master Valerie Owen Le Vaillant

Our Heritage – Seven

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Paternoster Square

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Royal Charter

Celebrating receiving our Royal Charter

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2017

The Lord Mayor's Show

Masters of the Company (1985-87)

Frank STOWER 1985
Deputy John Richard OWEN-WARD MBE 1986
James Robert Graham THOMAS 1987

The Worshipful Company (1988 - 2024)

John Robson REID OBE DL1988
Richard Gilbert SAXON CBE 2005
Norman Alexander ROYCE OBE 1989
John Graham MILLARD 2006
John Robert Glamis WHEATLEY 1990
Jonathan Macartney BALL MBE 2007
Peter LUSCOMBE 1991
Windsor Ian HEAD 2008
Stuart John MURPHY 1992
Roger FRANCE 2009
Brian Ashley BARKER OBE 1993
David Edward KING 2010
John Michael WELBANK MBE1994
Michael David John WILKEY 2011
David John COLE-ADAMS 1995
Mervyn Keith MILLER 2012
Sylvia Mary REID 1996
Jacqueline Frances HOWES 2013
Julian Charles RYDER RICHARDSON 1997
Canon Dr Andrew Geoffrey PURVES 2014
John Howard PENTON MBE 1998
Peter Gerald Stewart MURRAY OBE 2015
Peter Grenville Hurst DALE 1999
Richard Graham BRINDLEY 2016
Patricia Helen (Lady) STEWART MBE 2000
Stephen Leslie WAGSTAFFE 2017
Michael Peter WEST 2001
Barry MUNDAY 2018
Brian Richard Anthony WATERS 2002
Valerie OWEN LE VAILLANT OBE 2019 - 2021
Alan George Colin DOWNING 2003
Philip Leslie COOPER 2022
Nigel THOMSON 2004
Christopher Edward DYSON 2023
Christopher WILLIAMSON 2024
Richard Gilbert SAXON CBE 2005
John Graham MILLARD 2006
Jonathan Macartney BALL MBE 2007
Windsor Ian HEAD 2008
Roger FRANCE 2009
David Edward KING 2010
Michael David John WILKEY 2011
Mervyn Keith MILLER 2012
Jacqueline Frances HOWES 2013
Canon Dr Andrew Geoffrey PURVES 2014
Peter Gerald Stewart MURRAY OBE 2015
Richard Graham BRINDLEY 2016
Stephen Leslie WAGSTAFFE 2017
Barry MUNDAY 2018
Valerie OWEN LE VAILLANT OBE 2019 - 2021
Philip Leslie COOPER 2022
Christopher Edward DYSON 2023