Would architecture be a creative industry in Ukraine?

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Keywords: creative industry, architectural creation, architectural solution, architect,authors rights of architect Thearticle is devoted to analysis of the legal position of architect has in relations with theclient. Architecture is regarded as a creative industry in Ukraine, therefore the attentionpayed to protection of intellectual property rights in this sphere is important. Theidea implemented in architectural model should be protected according to the protectionof copyright. The industry remains creative until the level of creativeness is highin this economic sector and the number of people involved in production due to the effectivenessand demand for the product is increasing or remains constant. The resultof art and of the architecture is not only the object of property, owned by a client, butalso a piece of art protected as creation under copyright. The subject of such rights isan architect. The legal status of architect in Ukraine is provided by the right to supervisionduring the building process, demand of sighing a final act completing the construction,which means, the building is lead astray without breaking authors copyright.Other special rights are provided such as a right to make a photo of the objectbefore destroying it.Despite regarding architecture objects as protected by copyright the draft law isadopted in the first reading that limits the rights and influence of architect has in theprocess of building. The draft law proposes an option for architect to transfer rights,being apart from the process of building. This can cause a situation when the buildingwill be constructively changed, the creation will be changed without the authors participation.If this proposal will be implemented, the level of the creativeness in architecturewould decrease and even lost. So, the total sphere risks losing the status ofbeing creative. It is underlined that respect to the copyright in architecture is necessaryto the industry and its development. In particular. such rights of the architect asa subject of intellectual property law will be under threat: the freedom of creativity,the right to the inviolability of the work, economic rights. Another thing which is ofconcern is the responsibility of the architect. The removal of the architect during theconstruction process poses a risk of absence of the culprit in case of deformation or destructionof the object, caused by a structural defect or defect of the project.