Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners (TBAE) is a multi-profession regulatory agency that oversees the examination, registration, and professional regulation of architects, interior designers, and landscape architects. The agency was created in 1937 by the 45th Legislature in the aftermath of the New London School explosion in which 295 students and teachers were killed. TBAE’s responsibilities include processing applications, administering exams, handling registration renewals, overseeing reciprocity with other states and territories, and enforcing relevant statutes.
Texas Board of Architectural Examiners Records, 1915-2017, bulk 1937-2007
Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
Creator: Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
Title: Texas Board of Architectural Examiners records
Dates: 1915-2017
Dates: bulk 1937-2007
Abstract: The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners (TBAE) examines, licenses, and regulates architects, landscape architects, and interior designers, ensuring adherence to professional standards. These TBAE records consist of official and interagency correspondence, communications with state offices, and board members, memoranda from professional organizations and associations, meeting minutes and agendas, application forms, black-and-white photographs, press releases, newspaper clippings, newsletters, organizational charts, annual reports, resolutions, brochures, financial records, purchase vouchers, publications, itineraries, magazines, resumes, building plans, affidavits, case files, and facsimile transmissions between agencies, offices, and boards. The records date 1915-2017, bulk 1937-2007. Historical records showcase the agency’s inception in 1937, including correspondence from citizens requesting applications, exam materials, and press releases announcing the board’s formation. The minutes and agendas document TBAE’s regulatory activities, including rule amendments and license actions.
