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@rod hull: Because those people will have designed plenty of other buildings prior to that year (and have worked in practice on real buildings):

It's not at all clear to me why not designing a building in 5th year would suddenly magically disqualify an individual from architecture (which is logically identical to your proposition). By the time you get to 5th year, you would usually expect to have at least four student building projects under your belt (plus however many mini projects), numerous technical reports (including at the bartlett your RIBA accredited report (AFAIK), along with whatever practice based building experience you picked up during your 1+ year out.

'what is an architect?' - this isn't a key question, it's meaning, in practice, has never really changed since it's inception.