Promoting Supporting and Enabling Pretoria’s Architecture.
The PIA is based in the capital city and strives to assist the professional needs of all of its members. The PIA was created to serve the interest of architects and to further Pretoria’s unique architectural heritage.
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SAIA MPU is a voluntary association and the regional branch of the South African Institute of Architects (SAIA). The primary function of the Institute is to provide local support to the architectural fraternity within the boundaries of the Mpumalanga Province. The primary function of the Institute is to provide local support to the architectural fraternity within the boundaries of the Mpumalanga Province. Whether you are on the lookout for an architect for your project, or whether you are interested in the services that an architect can provide or the process of selection, you will be able to find all the necessary information here.
Continue reading →Promoting Supporting and Enabling Pretoria’s Architecture.
The PIA is based in the capital city and strives to assist the professional needs of all of its members. The PIA was created to serve the interest of architects and to further Pretoria’s unique architectural heritage.
Our Passion:
The Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa is a Cape Town based, voluntary, non-profit organisation that aims to support the study and preservation of vernacular architecture in South Africa. are a Cape Town based, voluntary, non-profit organisation that aims to support the study and preservation of vernacular architecture in South Africa.
Continue reading →The Gauteng Institute for Architecture is one of the oldest architectural organizations in South Africfounded in 1900 as the Transvaal Institute of Architects. We are a voluntary association affiliated to the South African Institute of Architects and endorsed by the South African Council for the Architectural Profession.
Our Mission: To serve our members’ interests, promote a better built environment and a greater awareness of Architecture.
Our membership currently totals 490 members, consisting of full members who are architects and affiliate members comprising of candidate architects, technologists, draughts people based in the Gauteng Region.
We offer continual professional development courses to our members and the public on topics ranging from heritage to professional practice. We do this by means of webinars, workshops, lectures, tours of iconic buildings, social events and exhibitions. Events are aimed at creating a networking and marketing platform for both professionals within the built environment as well as relevant government bodies and suppliers.
The Cape Institute for Architecture was formed in 1899, and is the largest regional architecture body in South Africwith the potential to influence development in the city of Cape Town and the wider region.
The Institute’s core objectives are to promote the practice of architecture, to serve the interests of its members, and to support the integrity of the profession through maintaining its code of conduct and professional competence as established by the national bodies: The South African Institute of Architects (SAIA) and the South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP).
Continue reading →The South African Institute of Building Designers (SAIBD) is a well experienced Institute and a fully recognized voluntary organization, into which any architectural practitioner is welcome and should be a member.
Continue reading →The South African Institute of Architects is a voluntary association of affiliated and regional institutes established in 1996.The mission of the Institute is to act as the collective voice serving the interests of its members in pursuit of excellence and responsible design. It aims to uphold the dignity of the architectural profession and contribute meaningfully to the enhancement of society and the environment. The fundamental principles of equality and justice are implicit in our Constitution.
SAIA is a member of the Africa Union of Architects (AUA), the Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA), the International Union of Architects (UIA), the International Commission on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), and the International Committee Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement. (DOCOMOMO).
Continue reading →The SA Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP) is the official regulator for the architectural profession with over 10,000 registered architectural candidates and professionals.
Continue reading →The SA Association of Art Historians (SAAAH), founded in 1984, is the major professional association of art historians in this country. Its aim is to advance art and architectural history in South Africand to promote and uphold the status of the profession in the fields of history, theory and criticism of art and architecture
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