The paper deals with examining the influence of the state of Montenegro, through its legal acts, on the process of architectural design as the most important factor that influences the buildings as the final product of architecture. The reason for this examination comes from the fact that the quality of architectonic production, that is being financed, either by the state or by private legal entities or individuals, is at a low level. The process of production of design documentation is regulated by relevant legal acts. The state institutions that implement tenders in a process of public procurement, and legal acts that regulate the entire process of construction, represent two major elements for examination of outlined issues. The special review was carried out on the organization of an architectural competition, as a proven model that leads to the architectonic solutions of the highest-quality. Through subject analyses, the examining of applied model of designing process and its shortcomings is accomplished. The special focus is on the significance, which is very often not recognized, to the purely architectonic, creative structure attributes in that process, which has a direct reflection upon the total pictures of urban entities. By this examination, it is proved that the legislation left out any modus of architectonic (creative) control in all designing stages. Results of this paper could be used in the process of changes of the legal framework, and through synergy achieve higher quality of architectural design.