We represent over members globally, committed to raising design standards and positively shaping the places where we live, work and meet.
Along with our members, we are dedicated to improving our built environment and the communities we call home by promoting quality, responsible, sustainable design and advocating on behalf of the profession for the benefit of all Australians.
Collaborating with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water, the Institute has introduced the Embodied Carbon Curriculum, a crucial step in educating the sector.
In 2024, the National Climate Action Sustainability Committee presented expanded targets to the National Council, including milestones for the National Construction Code up to 2040.
By mid-2024, a draft roadmap will be developed to guide the profession towards meeting these targets, fostering further education and capacity building.
The way local and interstate architects work in New South Wales has changed.
The DBP Act and Regulation are a key part of the NSW Government response to the Shergold Weir Report. They’re aimed at overhauling the building and construction industry to restore public confidence and ensure quality and safety outcomes.
We’re working hard in the background to liaise with government as the reforms roll out, and to develop comprehensive resources to support members.
From cladding/ACPs to inadequate registration; from self-certification to inequitable risk allocation in contracts; the state of Australia’s construction industry is worrying, and the solution complex but the simple reality is the need for urgent regulatory reform.
Our focus with regard to building regulation has always been and remains on four key aspects within the profession’s areas of expertise:
We must protect the safety of our communities and return confidence to the sector.
We have developed a set of Guidelines for EOI and RFT for architectural services to assist clients, following research into best practice EOI and RFT methods in public sector and educational institutions that commission architectural services.
In 2023 the Institute has released its major research report on novation and produced a Code of Novation and Deed of Novation to improve outcomes for projects using novated design and construct procurement.
From cladding/ACPs to inadequate registration; from self-certification to inequitable risk allocation in contracts; the state of Australia’s construction industry is worrying, and the solution complex but the simple reality is the need for urgent regulatory reform.
Our focus with regard to building regulation has always been and remains on four key aspects within the profession’s areas of expertise:
We must protect the safety of our communities and return confidence to the sector.
We have developed a set of Guidelines for EOI and RFT for architectural services following research into best practice EOI and RFT methods in public sector and educational institutions that commission architectural services.
The objective of the guidelines is for potential clients to review their own EOI and RFT methods and documents and align them with best practice to enable an effective and efficient process that maximises the potential for high quality built outcomes and reduces bidding and assessment costs for all.
We launched our Hands off Anzac Hall campaign on 7 November 2018, opposing plans to demolish this award-winning building.
The Australian War Memorial is hell-bent on demolishing Anzac Hall as part of its extravagant $500 million redevelopment plans.
As architects, we are passionate about preserving Australia’s heritage and honouring our national history, nowhere more so than the extraordinary service and sacrifice of the servicemen and women. Destroying such an investment – of effort, culture, and family memories – is a waste and mark of disrespect.
The Victorian Building Planning and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 will make a number of changes to the Architects Act 1991 which regulates the Architects Registration Board of Victoria (ARBV).
Clause 88 of the bill overhauls Section 47 of the Architects Act which sets out the current 10-member board’s composition and appointment process.
We need your help to support a campaign by emailing or speaking with your lower house (Legislative Assembly) or upper house (Legislative Council) member.
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The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
