Australian Institute of Architects
The Australian Institute of Architects is a professional body for architects in Australia.
Name
The body was known as the Australian Institute of Architects from the time of its inception on 6 September 1929 to 18 August 1930, when the "Royal" title was granted, and it became the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. In 2008, following an informal poll of members in 2001, the National Council resolved to continue trading as the "Australian Institute of Architects", while retaining "Royal Australian Institute of Architects" as the legal name. The postnominals of FRAIA and RAIA continue to be used with the legal name abbreviated.History
A number of states formed professional societies for architects, including the Queensland Institute of Architects, and the West Australian Institute of Architects.The Australian Institute was formed in 1929, when state architectural institutes combined to form a unified national association. A chapter is now maintained in each state and territory, though full federation did not come about immediately, with some states maintaining their independence. The Royal Victorian Institute of Architects was the last to join, in 1968. The Institute is represented on many national and state industry and government bodies, and is affiliated with the International Union of Architects.
The South Australian Chapter was known as the South Australian Institute of Architects in 1946.
National awards and prizes
Gold Medal
The AIA Gold Medal is the highest award of the Australian Institute of Architects awarded annually since 1960.Paula Whitman Leadership in Gender Equity Prize
This award honours architect and gender equity advocate Paula Whitman.- Helen Lochhead
- Melonie Bayl-Smith
- Catherine Baudet
National Architecture Awards
- The Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture
- The Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture – Houses
- The Frederick Romberg Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
- The Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture
- The Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage
- The Emil Sodersten Award for Interior Architecture
- The Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design
- The Nicholas Murcutt Award for Small Project Architecture
- The David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture
- The Jørn Utzon Award for International Architecture
- Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
State architecture awards and prizes
New South Wales
- Sir John Sulman Medal for Public Architecture
- Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design
- Sir Arthur G Stephenson Award for Commercial Architecture
- John Verge Award for Interior Architecture
- Milo Dunphy Award for Sustainable Architecture
- Wilkinson Award for Residential Architecture – Houses
- Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award for Residential Architecture – Houses
- Aaron Bolot Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
- Robert Woodward Award for Small Project Architecture
- Greenway Award for Heritage
- Marion Mahony Griffin Prize for female architects.
Queensland
- FDG Stanley Award for Public Architecture
- Robin Dods Award for Residential Architecture – Houses
- Job & Froud Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
- Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Architecture
- Hayes & Scott Award for Small Project Architecture
- G.H.M. Addison Award for Interior Architecture
- Robin Gibson Award for Enduring Architecture
- Don Roderick Award for Heritage
- Harry Marks Award for Sustainable Architecture
- Karl Langer Award for Urban Design
South Australia
- Sir James Irwin Chapter President's Medal
- Jack McConnell Award for Public Architecture
- Keith Neighbour Award for Commercial Architecture
- Robert Dickson Award for Interior Architecture
- John S Chappell Award for Residential Architecture – Houses
- David Saunders Award for Heritage Architecture
- Derrick Kendrick Award for Sustainable Architecture
- Jack Cheesman Award For Enduring Architecture
Victoria
- Victorian Architecture Medal
- William Wardell Award for Public Architecture
- Public Architecture Award
- Joseph Reed Award for Urban Design
- Sir Osborn McCutcheon Award for Commercial Architecture
- John George Knight Award for Heritage Architecture
- Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award for Residential Architecture Houses – New
- John and Phyllis Murphy Award for Residential Architecture Houses – Alterations and Additions
Western Australia
- George Temple-Poole Award
Presidents
National presidents
National presidents:- 1929–1930 Alfred Samuel Hook
- 1930–1931 William Arthur Mordey Blackett
- 1931–1932 Philip Rupert Claridge
- 1932–1933 Lange Powell
- 1933–1934 Charles Edward Serpell
- 1934–1935 Arthur William Anderson
- 1935–1936 Guy St John Makin
- 1936–1937 James Nangle
- 1937–1938 Louis Laybourne Smith
- 1938–1939 Frederick Bruce Lucas
- 1939–1940 Otto Albrecht Yuncken
- 1940–1942 William Ronald Richardson
- 1942–1944 John Francis Deighton Scarborough
- 1944–1946 Roy Sharrington Smith
- 1946–1948 William Rae Laurie
- 1948–1950 Jack Denyer Cheesman
- 1950–1952 Cobden Parkes
- 1952–1954 Robert Snowden Demaine
- 1954–1956 Edward James Archibald Weller
- 1956–1957 William Purves Race Godfrey
- 1957–1959 Wilfred Thomas Haslam
- 1959–1960 Kenneth Charles Duncan
- 1960–1961 Thomas Brenan Femister Gargett
- 1961–1962 Henry Ingham Ashworth
- 1962–1963 James Campbell Irwin
- 1963–1964 Max Ernest Collard
- 1964–1965 Raymond Berg
- 1965–1966 Gavin Walkley
- 1966–1967 Mervyn Henry Parry
- 1967–1968 Best Overend
- 1968–1969 Jack Hobbs McConnell
- 1969–1970 John David Fisher
- 1970–1971 Ronald Andrew Gilling
- 2009–2010 Melinda Dodson
- 2010–2011 Karl Fender
- 2011–2012 Brian Zulaikha
- 2012–2013 Shelley Penn
- 2013–2014 Paul Berkemeier
- 2014–2015 David Karotkin
- 2015–2016 Jon Clements
- 2016–2017 Ken Maher
- 2017–2018 Richard Kirk
- 2018–2019 Clare Cousins
- 2019–2020 Helen Lochhead
State chapter presidents
- 1871–1878 George Allen Mansfield
- 1878–1889 Thomas Rowe
- 1889–1895 John Horbury Hunt
- 1895–1898 Thomas Rowe
- 1898–1902 John Barlow
- 1902–1903 George Allen Mansfield
- 1903–1905 Cyril Blacket
- 1906–1908 Harry Kent
- 1908–1910 Ernest Alfred Scott
- 1910–1911 George Birrell Robertson
- 1911–1912 John Francis Hennessy
- 1912–1914 George Sydney Jones
- 1914–1916 Arthur William Anderson
- 1916–1919 Arthur Pritchard
- 1919–1919 Charles Henry Slatyer
- 1919–1920 Arthur Pritchard
- 1920–1921 George Sydney Jones
- 1921–1922 George Herbert Godsell
- 1922–1926 Sir Charles Rosenthal
- 1926–1929 Alfred Samuel Hook
- 1929–1931 James Peddle
- 1931–1932 Henry Budden
- 1932–1933 Ernest Alfred Scott
- 1933–1934 Leslie Wilkinson
- 1934–1936 Arthur William Anderson
- 1936–1938 Leith Cecil McCredie
- 1938–1940 William Ronald Richardson
- 1940–1942 Samuel George Thorp
- 1942–1944 Cobden Parkes
- 1944–1946 Percy James Gordon
- 1946–1948 Frank William Turner
- 1948–1950 Adrian Ashton
- 1950–1952 Alan Edgecliff Stafford
- 1952–1954 Eric William Andrew
- 1954–1956 Geoffrey Lewis Moline
- 1956–1960 Max Ernest Collard
- 1960–1962 Albert Henry Alfred Hanson
- 2008–2011 Brian Zulaikha
- 2015–2017 Shaun Carter
- 2017–2019 Andrew Nimmo
- 2019–date Kathlyn Loseby
- President: Amy Muir
- Immediate Past President: Vanessa Bird
- President: Paul Trotter
- Immediate Past President: Bruce Wolfe
- Past President: Paula Whitman
- President: Mario Dreosti
- Immediate Past President: David Homburg
- President: Yvette Breytenbach
- Immediate Past President: Brad Wheeler
- President: Suzanne Hunt
- Immediate Past President: Philip Griffiths
- President: Jenny Culgan
- Immediate Past President: Andrew Broffman
- President: Philip Leeson
- Immediate Past President: Rob Henry