Architecture: Professional Associations

Based in Washington, D.C., the AIA has been the leading professional membership association for licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners since 1857.

The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is an independent, nonprofit, student-run organization dedicated to providing unmatched programs, information, and resources on issues critical to architectural education.

ACSA, unique in its representative role for schools of architecture, provides a forum for ideas on the leading edge of architectural thought.

An international, diverse community of business architecture practitioners, beneficiaries, and interested parties that acts as a collaborative collective where individuals can learn with and from their peers, explore and develop new ideas, and further the practice and discipline of business architecture.

The NAAB accredits professional degrees in architecture offered by institutions accredited by a U.S. regional accrediting agency.