Membership

Membership of the Association of Consultant Architects is by individual, but that individual can represent and pass membership benefits to their whole practice.  One or more individuals can represent their practice as the nominated Association member with full voting rights at ACA meetings.   All ACA members must be a registered Architect in the U.K.

Practices represented by ACA members vary enormously in size and type; some specialise while others cover a wide variety of work; some are composed solely of Architects while others are multi-disciplinary (that is to say they include structural and services engineers, quantity surveyors, town planners and landscape Architects, for example).

Annual membership fees are worked out according to the size of the member's practice.

ACA Forum
Constitutionally Forum is affiliated to the Association of Consultant Architects and its purpose either regionally, nationally or internationally is to encourage and foster high standards of Architecture and Architectural Education, to advance the knowledge of Architecture and to promote public awareness and understanding of the physical environment and the forces, which shape it.

Student Membership of ACA Forum
In 2002 ACA developed Student Membership through Forum. In particular ACA are keen to promote awareness of the Association and its work to students of architecture and to support students especially in the development of good practice.

Student members of ACA Forum do not have voting rights at ACA general meetings but are entitled to many of the benefits offered to Members of the Association of Consultant Architects. There is no charge for student membership. A representative for students can sit on ACA Council.