Architect Membership

Joining as an AIA or Associate Member provides you with an opportunity to connect with a community of architects, suppliers and member firms you can turn to for design inspiration, career development and answers to the challenges you confront as an architect.

Benefits for individuals

• Employment Services
• Professional development through educational programs and committees
• Representation on local government issues
• Discount on all purchases at the AIA Bookstore & Design Center, including AIA Documents (20 percent)
• Subscriptions to Context, the Chapter's electronic newsletter, member directory and annual yearbook
• Discounted admissions to CES programs, Louis I. Kahn Memorial Lecture, and Design on the Delaware
• Discounted rates for Club Quarters hotels
• Group health insurance plans, including prescriptions, vision and dental options
• Discount on individual disability insurance plans

The national American Institute of Architects offers: participation in knowledge communities; lobbying on national issues; awards and honors programs; subscriptions to Architect; Benefit Insurance Trust programs; AIA Advantage discount programs; and retirement savings program.

AIA Membership

Individuals who are licensed to practice architecture are invited to be a part of the leading organization representing the interests of the profession, The American Institute of Architects (AIA). One of the advantages of being a licensed architect member of the Institute is the use of the AIA credentials, identifying you as part of the community of architecture.

Dues: $710

Architect Application Download (pdf)

Associate AIA Membership

Associate AIA members represent a group of individuals with diverse professional goals. Associate members are eligible to use the Assoc. AIA credentials which recognizes them as individuals who are dedicated to the profession of architecture. AIA Philadelphia invites individuals in the following categories for Associate AIA membership:

• Individuals enrolled in the Intern Development Program
• Graduates with a professional degree in architecture
• Individuals currently working under the supervision of an architect in a technical capacity directly related to the practice of architecture
• Faculty members in a university program in architecture

Dues: $281

Associate Application Download (pdf)

For more membership information
Gary Yetter, Membership Director
Phone: 215-569-3186
Email: gary@aiaphila.org

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