Australian Institute of Architects

The Australian Institute of Architects, officially the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, is Australia's professional body for architects. Its members use the post-nominals FRAIA, ARAIA and RAIA. The Institute supports 14,000 members across Australia, including 550 Australian members who are based in architectural roles across 40 countries outside Australia. SONA is the national student-membership body of the Australian Institute of Architects. EmAGN represents architectural professionals within 15 years of graduation, as part of the Australian Institute of Architects.

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History

State institutes

A number of Australian colonies formed professional societies for architects.
The Royal Victorian Institute of Architects was established as the Victorian Institute of Architects in the colony of Victoria in August 1856, receiving royal charter in 1889.
After a couple of predecessors dating at least as far back as 1859, the South Australian Institute of Architects was founded in the colony of South Australia on 20 September 1886, and in 1904 Walter Hervey Bagot designed its seal.
The New South Wales Institute of Architects was established in 1871, headed by George Allen Mansfield. The secretary was Benjamin Backhouse, who was later a Member of the NSW Legislative Council.
The Queensland Institute of Architects was established in 1888, and the West Australian Institute of Architects in 1896.

Australian Institute of Architects established 1929

The Australian Institute of Architects was established on 6 September 1929,
when state architectural institutes combined to form a unified national association. The RVIA became a foundation member of the federated body in 1929. On 18 August 1930 the 'Royal' title was granted, and it became the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
The Queensland Institute of Architects joined in 1930, with WAIA following in March 1943. SAIA joined up in July 1962, becoming the "South Australian Chapter".
The national headquarters was formerly located in Red Hill, Canberra, in a 1968 building designed by Bryce Mortlock from Sydney firm Ancher, Mortlock and Woolley. This building still functions as the ACT Chapter offices.
In August 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.

Purpose, functions, affiliations

In the preamble of the AIA's constitution states its wider purpose as "The Royal Australian Institute of Architects, established in 1930, is a national member based organisation for the architecture profession. The Institute supports and advances the architecture profession by advocating for high quality design and responsible sustainability for the built environment."
As a professional body representing architects, the institute is represented on many national and state industry and government bodies, and is affiliated with the International Union of Architects.
A chapter is maintained in each state and territory. Each chapter runs a range of events, activities and annual state and regional architecture awards, that feed into the national awards program.

National awards and prizes

National Architecture Awards

The National Architecture Awards are held in late October or early November each year and have been presented since 1981. The shortlisted entrants are drawn from relevant state based awards programs held earlier in the year. The awards cover residential, public, education, commercial, interiors, small projects, urban design, international projects, steel construction and sustainability.

National Prizes

National Prizes have been awarded annually since 2010, usually in early May and often as part of the Australian Architecture Conference. Each prize has a separate jury who assess a shortlist in each category. The inaugural 'Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards' were held on 18 March 2010 at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, presented separately to the National Awards. In 2017 the program was renamed as 'National Prizes'. National Prizes recognise achievement across a range of categories that support and promote advocacy, innovation and education, and do not relate to particular buildings which are judged at the National Awards later in the same year.

AIA Gold Medal

The AIA Gold Medal is the highest individual prize of the Australian Institute of Architects and had been presented annually since 1960.

Other National Prizes

Paula Whitman Leadership in Gender Equity Prize
National Emerging Architect Prize
National President's Prize
Leadership in Sustainability Prize
Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture

State and Territory architecture awards and prizes

Each of the State and Territory chapters also present annual awards, including Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and Victoria. The winners of these awards form the shortlist for consideration of the National Awards later in the same year. The International Chapter of the AIA also run an awards program.

Regional architecture awards and prizes

Separately judged awards occur in regional New South Wales and Queensland.

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 Acheson Best Overend
1968–1969 Jack Hobbs McConnell
1969–1970 John David Fisher
1970–1971 Ronald Andrew Gilling
1971–1972 Kenneth William Shugg
1972–1973 Henry Jardine Parkinson
1973–1974 Robert Peter McIntyre
1974–1975 Harold Bryce Mortlock
1975–1976 Blair Mansfield Wilson
1976–1977 Eustace Gresley Cohen
1977–1978 John Davidson
1978–1979 Geoffrey Lawrence Lumsdaine
1979–1980 Alexander Ian Ferrier
1980–1981 Michael Laurence Peck
1981–1982 Richard Norman (Peter) Johnson
1982–1983 David Allan Nutter
1983–1984 Richard Melville Young
1984–1985 Roland David Jackson
1985–1986 Graham Alan Hume
1986–1987 Robert Darwin Hall
1988–1989 Dudley Keith Wilde
1989–1990 Ronald Barrie Bodycoat
1990–1991 Robert Lindsay Caulfield
1991–1992 Jamieson Sayer Allom
1992–1993 Robert Denyer Cheesman
1993–1994 James Taylor
1994–1995 Louise Cox
1995–1996 Peter Robertson Gargett
1996–1997 John Stanley Castles
1997–1998 Eric Graham Butt
1998–1999 Graham Humphries
1999–2000 Nigel Warren Shaw
2000–2001 Edward Robert Haysom
2001–2003 Graham Jahn
2003–2004 David John Parken
2004–2005 Warren Merton Kerr
2005–2006 Bob Nation
2006–2007 Carey Lyon
2007–2008 Alec Tzannes
2008–2009 Howard Tanner
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
2020–2021 Alice Hampson
2021–2022 Tony Giannone
2022–2023 Shannon Battisson
2023–2024 Stuart Tanner
2024–2025 Jane Cassidy
2025–2026 Adam Haddow

State and territory chapter presidents

Australian Capital Territory

ACT Chapter established 1962

Sources:

1962–1964 Malcolm Moir
1964–1966 John Scollay
1966–1968 Peter Harrison
1968–1970 John Goldsmith
1970–1972 Horrie Holt
1972–1974 Arthur Tow
1974–1976 Neil Renfree
1976–1978 Tony Cooper
1978–1980 Mervyn Willoughby–Thomas
1980–1982 Ian Thompson
1982–1984 Geoffrey Butterworth
1984–1986 Barry Cameron
1986–1988 Rick Butt
1988–1990 Alastair Swayn
1990–1992 Colin Stewart
1992–1993 Peter Freeman
1993–1994 Annabelle Pegrum
1994–1998 Graham Humphries
1998–2000 Dominic Maiuto
2000–2002 Colin Stewart
2002–2006 Catherine Townsend
2006–2008 Melinda Dodson
2008–2010 David Flannery
2010–2012 Sheila Hughes
2012–2014 Tony Trobe
2014–2016 Andrew Wilson
2016–2018 Rob Henry
2018–2020 Philip Leeson
2020–2022 Shannon Battisson
2022–2023 Jane Cassidy
2023–2025 Shoba Cole

New South Wales

NSW Institute of Architects established 1871

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

NSW Chapter established 1933

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
1962–1964 Cyril John Farrington
1964–1966 Ronald Andrew Gilling
1966–1970 Peter Johnson
1970–1972 Bryce Mortlock
1972–1974 Geoffrey Lumsdaine
1974–1976 J. Fisher
1976–1978 Eric Daniels
1978–1980 Geoffrey Lumsdaine
1980–1982 Martyn David Chapman
1982–1984 Chris Johnson
1984–1986 Kevin Rice
1986–1988 Lawrence Nield
1988–1990 Louise Cox
1990–1992 Richard Dinham
1992–1994 John Richardson
1994–1996 John Bilmon
1996–2000 David Brown
2000–2002 Graham Jahn
2002–2004 Caroline Pidcock
2004–2008 Deborah Dearing
2008–2011 Brian Zulaikha
2011–2013 Matthew Pullinger
2013–2015 Joe Agius
2015–2017 Shaun Carter
2017–2019 Andrew Nimmo
2019–2021 Kathlyn Loseby
2021–2023 Laura Cockburn
2023–2024 Adam Haddow
2025 Elizabeth Carpenter

Northern Territory

Steven Huntingford
2010—2014 Richard Layton
2014—2016 Simon Scally
2016—2018 Andrew Broffman
2018—2022 Jenny Culgan
2022—2023 Rossi Kouronis
2024 Vacant

Queensland

Queensland Institute of Architects established 1888

1888 Francis Drummond Greville Stanley
1918–1919 George Brockwell Gill
1923–1924 Thomas Blair Moncrieff Wightman
1927–1931 Lange Powell

Queensland Chapter established 1930

2018—2020 Mark Jones
2020—2022 Michael Lavery
2022—2024 Amy Degenhart
2024— Russell Hall

South Australia

1960–1962 Gavin Walkley
2020–2021 Tony Giannone
2021–2022 Anthony Coupe
2022–2023 Chris Morley
2024–2025 Kirstie Coultas

Tasmania

Founded 1903

1952—1954 Sydney Wallace Thomas Blythe
2011 Karen Davis
2017—2019 Yvette Breytenbach
2020—2021 Shamus Mulcahy
2021 Craig Rosevear
2022 Stuart Tanner
2023 Megan Baines
2024 Daniel Lane

Victoria

Victorian Institute of Architects (VIA), founded 21 August 1856

1856–1861 John George Knight
1861–1865 John Gill
1871–1874 Joseph Reed
1874–1881 Sir Redmond Barry
1881–1882 George Wharton
1882–1884 Charles Webb
1884–1985 Nathaniel Billing
1885–1886 Thomas Watts
1886–1887 Lloyd Tayler
1887–1888 Alfred Purchas
1888–1889 Sir George Verdon
1889–1890 Lloyd Tayler
1890–1892 George Charles Inskip
1892–1893 Percy Oakden
1893–1895 Arthur Ebden Johnson
1895–1897 Percy Oakden
1897–1899 Anketell Matthew Henderson
1899–1901 Lloyd Tayler

Royal Victorian Institute of Architects (RVIA)

1901–1902 Percy Oakden
1902–1903 Thomas Watts
1903–1905 John Augustus Bernhard Koch
1905–1907 Charles D'Ebro
1907–1908 Francis Joseph Smart
1908–1910 Edward Albert Bates
1910–1911 Anketell Matthew Henderson
1911–1913 Gerard Wight
1913–1914 Anketell Matthew Henderson
1914–1916 Henry William Tompkins
1916–1918 William Arthur Mordey Blackett
1918–1919 Arthur Peck
1919–1921 Frank Stapley
1921–1923 Kingsley Anketell Henderson
1923–1924 William Scott Purves Godfrey
1924–1926 Philip Burgoyne Hudson
1926–1928 Percy Allport Oakley
1928–1930 William Arthur Mordey Blackett
1930–1931 Thomas Johnstone Buchan
1931–1933 Leighton Francis Irwin
1933–1935 Charles Edward Serpell
1935–1937 Frederick Louis Klingender
1937–1939 Alec Stanley Eggleston
1939–1941 Leslie Marsh Perrott
1941–1942 Sir Walter Osborn McCutcheon
1942–1945 John Francis Deighton Scarborough
1945–1947 Robert Snowden Demaine
1947–1949 William Purves Race Godfrey
1949–1951 Eric Keith Mackay
1951–1953 Eric Hughes
1952–1955 William Balcombe Griffiths
1955–1957 Harry Stephen Winbush
1957–1959 Raymond Berg
1959–1961 Professor Brian Bannatyne Lewis
1961–1963 Acheson Best Overend
1963–1965 David Fisher
1965–1966 Stanley Maurice Charles Evans
1966 Ronald Grant Lyon

Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA), Victorian Chapter

1966–1967 Ronald Grant Lyon
1968–1969 Lloyd Emerson Albert Orton
1969–1970 Robert Peter McIntyre
1971 Robin Penleigh Boyd
1972 Reginald Edward Grouse
1973–1974 John David Gates
1975–1976 Neil Clerehan
1977–1978 Richard Melville Young
1978–1980 Neil Thomas Edward Montgomery
1980–1982 James Heward Earle
1982–1984 John Perrin Alsop
1984–1986 Dimity Alexandria Reed
1986–1988 Charles Justin
1988–1990 William Spiers Corker
1990–1992 Stephen Cameron Ashton
1992–1994 John Stanley Castles
1994–1997 Garry Bruce Marshall
1997–2000 James Crofts Learmonth
2000–2002 Ian Lachlan McDougall
2002–0204 Elisabetta Maria Giannini
2004–2006 Robert Alan Stent
2006–2008 Philip James Goad
2008–2010 Karl Arthur Fender
2010–2012 Robert Paul Puksand
2012–2014 Jonathan William Clements
2014–2016 Peter Francis Malatt
2016–2018 Vanessa Bird
2018–2020 Amy Muir
2020–2022 Bill Krotiris
2022–2024 David Wagner

Western Australia

Western Australian Institute of Architects (WAIA)

1896—1898 George Thomas Temple–Poole
1898—1900 Michael Francis Cavanagh
1900—1902 George Thomas Temple–Poole
1903—1905 Michael Francis Cavanagh
1905—1907 George Thomas Temple–Poole
1908—1909 Percy William Harrison
1909—1911 Joseph John Talbot Hobbs
1911—1913 Joseph John Talbot Hobbs
1913—1915 George Thomas Temple–Poole
1915—1917 Michael Francis Cavanagh
1917—1919 Joseph Herbert Eales
1919—1921 Alfred Robert Linus Wright

Royal Institute of Architects of Western Australia (RIAWA)

1921—1922 Alfred Robert Linus Wright
1922—1923 Jack Learmonth Ochiltree
1923—1924 Alfred Robert Linus Wright
1924—1925 Eustace Gresley Cohen
1926—1927 Alfred Robert Linus Wright
1928—1929 Joseph Francis Allen
1930—1931 Edgar Le Blond Henderson
1932—1933 Joseph Francis Allen
1933—1934 Walter James Waldie Forbes
1935—1936 Alexander Donald Cameron
1937—1938 Reginald Summerhayes
1938—1940 Kenneth Charles Duncan
1940—1941 George Herbert Parry
1942—1943 Albert Ernest Clare

Royal Australian Institute of Architects, WA Chapter (RAIA WA)

1943—1944 Albert Ernest Clare
1945—1946 Alexander Barr Winning
1947—1948 William Allan McInnes Green
1949—1950 John Berkeley Fitzhardinge
1951—1952 William Thomas Leighton
1953—1954 Oswald Victor Chisholm
1955—1956 Kenneth Charles Duncan
1957—1958 Marshall Walter Gervase Clifton
1959—1960 Desmond Ossiter Sands
1961—1962 Mervyn Henry Parry
1963—1964 William Thomas Leighton
1965—1966 Gordon William Finn
1967—1968 Geoffrey Edwin Summerhayes
1969—1970 Richard Morris Fairbrother
1971—1972 Eustace Gresley Cohen
1973—1974 John Kenneth Duncan
1975—1976 Peter John Grigg
1977—1978 Antonio Carmelo De Leo
1979—1980 John A. Pickering
1981—1982 Ronald Barrie Bodycoat
1983—1984 Laurie William Hegvold
1985—1986 Max Rodney Hardman
1987—1988 James Taylor
1989—1990 Brian Frederic Charles Wright
1991—1992 Peter Shaw Parkinson
1993—1994 Gregory Francis Hamilton Howlett
1995—1996 Geoffrey Leslie London
1997—1998 Nigel Warren Shaw
1999—2000 Haralds Gunter Schubert
2001—2004 Warren Merton Kerr
2004—2005 Patrick Maurice Pinder
2005—2007 Ian Henry Dewar
2007—2011 Rodney David Mollett
2011—2014 David John Knox Karotkin
2014—2017 Philip John Griffiths
2017—2019 Suzanne Jane Hunt
2019—2021 Peter Charles Athol Hobbs
2021—2023 Sandy Michelle Anghie

EmAGN Presidents

2013 Anthony Balsamo
2014 Jacqui Connor
2015 Rob Henry
2016—2017 Ksenia Totoeva
2018—2019 Thom Mackenzie
2020—2021 Erin Crowden
2022—2023 Tiffany Liew
2024 Liehan Janse van Rensburg
2025 Callum Senjov