Join the American Institute of Architects (AIA)  team and add your voice to the more than 83,500 members who are taking advantage of unique opportunities to share ideas, build invaluable business relationships, and improve the quality of the built environment. As the collective voice of the architecture and design professions, we’re serious about helping you enhance your professional development. As a member of the AIA, you’ll have access to

• Participation in a network of more than 20 professional interest areas, each focused on providing the latest in-depth knowledge, services, and career information to meet your particular needs.
  
  
• Involvement in local networking activities, educational seminars, and outreach opportunities through your state and local components.
  
  
• Member discounts through the AIA Advantage and AIA Trust programs on business-related products and services.
  
  
• The privilege of using the AIA insignia, widely recognized and associated with superior architectural service and supported by an ongoing national advertising campaign.
  
  
• Plus, you receive a subscription to the award-winning publication Architectural Record.

So whether you are a new graduate, a sole practitioner, principal in a large firm, a government employee, or a corporate architect, the AIA provides the resources and the tools to help you meet your professional challenges. For more than 150 years, the AIA has been advancing the value of design professionals, architects, and architecture. Download the membership application that best meets your professional needs or call 800-242-3837 for a membership application kit.

 

Architect Members
The AIA offers four categories of membership, detailed below.  

• Architect
  Individuals licensed to practice architecture in a U.S. state or territory.
  
  
• Associate
  Individuals who meet one of the following criteria:
  
  – Participating in career responsibilities recognized by licensing authorities as constituting credit toward licensure (i.e., intern architect)
  – Working under the supervision of an architect in a professional or technical capacity
  – Working as a faculty member in a university program in architecture
  – Holding a professional degree in architecture
  
  
• International Associate
  Individuals who have an architecture license or equivalent from a non-U.S. licensing authority.
  
  
• Emeritus
  An AIA member for 15 successive years and 70 years of age, or 60 years of age and fully retired, or incapacitated so as to be unable to work within the architecture profession

 

Individual Allied Membership
Created to promote communication among all members of the design and construction team, individual allied membership is open to engineers, planners, landscape architects, sculptors, muralists, artists, and those in government, education, journalism, manufacturing industry, and other fields allied to architecture. Individuals must not be otherwise eligible for membership in the Institute. Download the allied membership application.

 

Cornerstone Partners
A special partnership exists among the AIA, the American Architectural Foundation, and corporations, building product manufacturers, service providers, and trade associations within the design and construction community. This membership program promotes stronger communication, enriched working relationships, development of industry standards, and enhanced project delivery among those engaged in building industry research, design, development, testing, manufacture, distribution and/or training. Benefits are tailored specifically for related corporations and provide a host of opportunities for connection to and collaboration with practicing architects. For a membership application, contact Lori Sousa, the AIA’s director of corporate sponsorship, 202-626-7345.