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Membership

The Western Massachusetts chapter of The American Institute of Achitects offers membership to registered architects and any interested parties. Those interested in becoming members should contact Lorin Starr: director@wmaia.org or download and fill out forms below.

AIA membership is available to architects registered anywhere within the United States.  Architect Membership Form.

Associate AIA is available to those holding a degree in architecture and working toward registration or those who work under the supervision of a registered architect.  Associate Membership Form.

Affiliate WMAIA is available to those who share an interest in architecture or professional colleagues without architectural degrees.  Affiliate Membership Form

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

Benefits

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 bi monthly 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 programs section of this website.

Outreach

Community outreach and education programs sponsored by this chapter include:

Canstruction, an event in which local architectural firms design and construct projects utilizing non perishable foods. all food products are donated to local food service agencies.

Box City, a program conducted by local architects for small children utilizing cardboard boxes to construct a community designed and built by the children.

SDAT, (Sustainable Design Assessment Team) is a community assistance program that focuses on the principles of sustainability. SDATs bring teams of volunteer professionals (such as architects, urban designers, planners, hydrologists, economists, attorneys, and others) to work with community decision-makers and stakeholders to help them develop a vision and framework for a sustainable future.  WMAIA has participated in SDATs in three of our communities: Northampton, Pittsfield and Holyoke.  The Holyoke program was funded under an AIA150 grant.