Joining
We welcome US registered architects, foreign registered architects, architectural interns/assistant architects, students of architecture, and members of allied professions. The benefits of membership are multifold and are described with each level of membership.
Membership dues are calculated on a calendar year, January to December. New-member dues are prorated quarterly.
Membership Transfers
Current AIA members who are eligible to transfer chapter membership to the AIA UK or alternatively who can maintain their current chapter membership and add AIA UK membership, thus carrying multiple memberships in various AIA chapters.
To transfer membership, please complete the transfer form and the AIA UK membership form. To carry AIA UK membership in addition to current chapter membership, current AIA members need to complete the AIA UK membership form.
New Members
Applicants for Architect, Associate, and International Associate categories of membership are required to complete both the National application (see eligibility below) and the AIA UK membership form.
Please return both applications and proof of registration, if required, for processing to:
Michael Lischer RIBA FAIA Membership Committee Chairman Sport Concepts 212 Piccadilly London W1J 9HG Email:Architect
- Eligibility: registered architect in the US
- Dues: AIA National dues (refer to aia.org/join_categories) + AIA UK Chapter dues (£75.00 per year)
- Benefits: American Institute of Architects National Benefits + Chapter Benefits
Associate
- Eligibility: US educated architectural interns/assistant architects
- Dues: AIA National dues (refer to aia.org/join_categories) + AIA UK Chapter dues (£75.00 per year)
- Benefits: American Institute of Architects National Benefits + Chapter Benefits
International Associate
- Eligibility: registered architect in the UK or other non-USA jurisdiction
- Dues: AIA National dues (refer to aia.org/join_categories) + AIA UK Chapter dues (£75.00 per year)
- Benefits: American Institute of Architects National Benefits + Chapter Benefits
Professional Affiliates
- Eligibility: professionals who are affiliated with the profession of architecture or a related design profession
- Dues: AIA UK Chapter dues (£75.00 per year). Membership in AIA National is optional.
- Benefits: Chapter Benefits
Students
- Eligibility: student of architecture or a related design profession
- Dues: £25.00 per year
- Benefits: Chapter Benefits
Chapter Benefits:
- A subscription to the Chapter's quarterly newsletter.
- The comprehensive AIA UK Chapter Members Directory.
- Discounted tickets to AIA UK Chapter lectures, symposia and events, including signature chapter events such as Annual Excellence in Design Awards Gala, Summer Ball, and the Student/Professional Design Charrette.
- Access to discussions and a wide range of committee events, both educational and social. From exhibitions to receptions, local involvement encourages fellowship and increases knowledge of professional practice issues.
- Access to committees which offer opportunities to explore specific issues in architectural practice and education with like-minded members.
- Access to continuing education, Architectural Registration Exam study materials, and other reference materials.
American Institute of Architects National Benefits:
- A subscription to Architectural Record, the Institute's award-winning monthly magazine, and AIA/Architect, the Institute's monthly newsletter.
- Discounts on AIA books, contracts and documents.
- Business service discounts, including member discounts on long-distance phone rates, Airborne Express, office supplies, copiers, Hertz, Avis, National Budget and Alamo car rentals, etc.
- Group insurance for members and their employees.
- www.aia.org, a website designed specifically for architects, providing access to a wide range of services, from networking with colleagues to identifying potential business opportunities.
- AIA Library and Archives, the nation's pre-eminent source of information about the practice and profession of architecture, is staffed with trained professionals to help members locate information. Fulfillment of book, videotape and slide loan requests, locating answers to research questions, and more extensive research services are available.
- Nationwide public relations campaigns to increase public awareness and client recognition of the importance of architects and architecture.
- Participation in the AIA Knowledge Communities, which provide AIA members the opportunity to share and discuss issues of common concern with colleagues across the country in 22, specialized fields.
- At the federal government level, the Institute represents the collective voice of architects by promoting new legislation, standards or regulations, or defending existing ones, in Congress and in agency offices.
