Ordre des Architectes de Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Name

Ordre des Architectes de Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Legal name

Conseil national de l'Ordre des Architectes

Website

https://architectes.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Regulatory Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Architecture, Planning & Surveying (AIA, Planning, Land Surveyor CE) (EDAAALAG)

Keywords

• Professional regulatory body
• Architect registry
• Professional credentialing
• Contract drafting tools
• Membership oversight

Headquarters

HQ city

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Ordre des Architectes de Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a regional council of France's statutory professional regulatory body for architects. It maintains the public registry of licensed architects, oversees professional standards and ethics, provides standardized contract drafting tools (Contrathèque), and ensures compliance with mandatory professional liability insurance. The organization operates as part of a national structure of 17 regional councils and one national council representing all 30,500 French architects.

Product overview

The Ordre des Architectes operates architects.org as a unified web platform offering public information services (the architectural registry/tableau), professional tools (Controthèque contract drafting application), and member services (Espace Architecte). The platform serves approximately 30,500 French architects through 17 regional councils and a national council, combining regulatory compliance tools with member resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• architectes.org (Official Website Platform) The official website of the Conseil national de l'Ordre des Architectes (CNOA), providing public access to architectural registry information, professional resources, member login, regional newsletter subscriptions, and account management for France's 30,500 architects and the general public.
• Contrathèque (Contract Drafting Application) An online contract drafting application for architects that allows users to create and manage architectural service contracts, with basic functionality available to all users and extended features for registered architects and account holders.
• Tableau de l'Ordre des Architectes (Public Registry) A public registry listing all registered architects in France, including their professional contact information, registration details, diplomas, and practice information, accessible to consumers for credential verification.
• Espace Architecte (Architect Member Portal) A dedicated member portal for registered architects providing access to professional services, connection data, regional newsletter subscriptions, document saving capabilities, and management of preferred architects in their region.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Bundesarchitektenkammer (BAK): The federal chamber of architects in Germany, bundling the 16 regional chambers and representing the profession at the federal level. Functionally and structurally analogous to the French Ordre des Architectes.
• Architects Registration Board (ARB, UK): The independent UK regulator of architects, maintaining the statutory Register of Architects and setting professional standards. Comparable as a state-mandated accreditation and registration body for the architecture profession.
• Conseil national de l'Ordre des Architectes (CNOA): The national council of the Ordre des Architectes and direct parent entity of the Ordre des Architectes de Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Operates the unified architectes.org platform and centralizes regulatory strategy across all 17 regional councils.
• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA): The UK's professional body for architects, exercising chartered status, validation of qualifications, and member services. Directly comparable as a national architecture professional body with regulatory-adjacent functions.
• Ordre des Géomètres-Experts: The French professional order for surveyors, an adjacent built-environment regulatory body. Comparable as a cognate ordre professionnel with similar scale, governance, and member-service obligations.
• American Institute of Architects (AIA): The principal U.S. professional association for licensed architects, providing credentialing, advocacy, education, and member services. Comparable as a representative and standards-setting body for the architecture profession.
• CROA Île-de-France: The Paris/Île-de-France regional council of the Ordre des Architectes, the largest of the 17 regional CROAs. Direct peer regional council sharing the same mandate, services, and platform infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• Conseil National des Barreaux (CNB): The national body representing French bar associations (lawyers). Operates under the same ordre professionnel framework as the Ordre des Architectes, providing a structurally comparable regulatory template.
• Union des Architectes Français (UNSFA): A French architects' union focused on advocacy, professional development, and trade representation. Operand as an adjacent professional association that complements (rather than replaces) the Order's regulatory function.
• Ordre des Médecins (Conseil National): The French professional order for physicians, sharing the same 'ordre professionnel' legal structure, governance model, and statutory mission of professional regulation and public protection.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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