Western Massachusetts Chapter
The American Institute of Architects

 

 

The WMAIA offers membership to registered architects and other interested, eligible parties.

 

To find out more about becoming a member, contact the Executive Director, Lorin Starr via email, or download and fill out one of the forms at right.

 

To sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, which is free and available to the public, contact Lorin Starr via email.

 

 

 

 

AIA Architect membership is available to architects registered anywhere within the United States.
Architect - Word
Architect - pdf

 

Associate AIA membership is available to those holding a degree in architecture and working toward registration or those who work under the supervision of a registered architect. (New graduates get the first year of Associate membership FREE - download the appropriate form below)
Associate - Word
Associate - pdf
New Grad Associate - Word
New Grad Associate - pdf

 

International Associate AIA membership is available to those U.S. residents licensed for architecture by a non-U.S. authority.
International Associate - Word
International Associate - pdf

 

Affiliate WMAIA (community) membership is available to those individuals or corporations who share an interest in architecture, or to professional colleagues without architectural degrees.
WMAIA Affiliate - pdf only

 

Student membership is available to full time students interested in or studying architecture.  Please contact Lorin Starr: director@wmaia.org

 

Membership benefits include yearly subscriptions to the following periodicals:

  • Architectural Record, a national magazine published by McGraw Hill on a monthly basis.
  • ArchitectureBoston, a regional magazine published by the Boston Society of Architects on a quarterly basis.
  • WMAIA News, the quarterly newsletter of the Western Massachusetts Chapter.

Members receive discounts on all WMAIA programs.  Our chapter is committed to providing continuing education programs—necessary to maintain architectural registration in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts— locally and at a reasonable cost.  These include: dinner meetings; a winter professional development series; and co-sponsorship of lectures and symposiums at the University of Massachusetts.

 

Dates and subject matter for upcoming events are included in the events section of this website.