Alberta Association of Architects explained

The Alberta Association of Architects (AAA) is the regulatory body responsible for registering and licensing all architects and interior designers legally entitled to practice in the Province of Alberta in Canada. They are sometimes involved in legal discussion between Alberta and individual architects regarding their conduct.[1]

History

Alberta's Architects Act, which established AAA, was among the first passed when the Alberta legislature met in 1906.[2] Since 1978, AAA have been based in the Duggan House.[3] AAA are members of Regulatory Organizations of Architecture in Canada, a body made up of each provincial architectural licensing organisation.[4]

AAA opened to women in 1925 when Esther Hill, Canada's first female architect was admitted after being denied in 1921. Nearly fifty years later, Freda O’Conner became AAA's first female president and the first among any Canadian architects' association.[2] [5] [6] [7] [8]

In 2020, AAA expanded their remit with the Experienced Interior Designers Pathway, a temporary program meant to expedite licensure for interior designers, which built on their 1982 inclusion.[2] [9] [10]

Awards

They issue the Tom Sutherland award annually in memorial to an Edmonton architect and collaborate with neighboring provinces on the Prairie Design Awards.[11] [12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. News: Case Summary: Ho v. Alberta Association of Architects - Field Law . 27 August 2021 . Perspectives for the Professions . 2016.
  2. Web site: AAA History . The Alberta Association or Architects . 27 August 2021.
  3. Web site: AAA - Duggan House . www.aaa.ab.ca . The Alberta Association of Architects . 27 August 2021.
  4. News: 2022-02-28 . Provincial and territorial architectural regulators establish a new not-for-profit group . en-US . 2022-09-10.
  5. Lemco van Ginkel . Blanche . Slowly and Surely (and Somewhat Painfully): More or Less the History of Women in Architecture in Canada . SSAC Bulletin . 17 . 1 . 26 August 2021.
  6. Book: Adams . Annmarie . Tancred . Peta . Designing Women: Gender and the Architectural Profession . 1 January 2000 . University of Toronto Press . 978-0-8020-8219-0 . 16 . 26 August 2021 . en.
  7. Adams . Annmarie . Building barriers: images of women in Canada's architectural press, 1924-73 (Journal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada) . Resources for Feminist Research . 1994 . 23 . 3 . 11–23 . 26 August 2021 . en.
  8. Huneault . Kristina . Anderson . Janice . Rethinking Professionalism: Women and Art in Canada, 1850-1970 on JSTOR . McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History . 2012 . 26 August 2021 . en.
  9. News: AAA offers Experienced Interior Designer Pathway - REMI Network . 27 August 2021 . Design Quarterly . The REMI Network . 6 October 2020.
  10. Web site: AAA - Experienced Interior Designer Pathway . www.aaa.ab.ca . 27 August 2021.
  11. Web site: Bill Chomik Awarded 2021 Tom Sutherland Award . Canadian Architect . 26 August 2021 . 2 June 2021.
  12. News: Parker . David . GrainsConnect expands to link Prairie farms to the world . 27 August 2021 . The Calgary Herald . 26 May 2021 . en-CA.
  13. News: 2022-05-19 . The 2022 Prairie Design Awards return . en-US . 2022-09-10.

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