Union Internationale des Architectes

The Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA) is a non-governmental organization and the largest international association of architects in the world, based in Paris .

overview

The UIA was founded on June 28, 1948 in Lausanne and had 27 member delegations when it was founded. Today (2013) it represents more than 1 million architects from 124 countries. The UIA is recognized by most of the specialized agencies of the United Nations including UNESCO , HABITAT , ECOSOC and UNIDO as well as the WHO and the WTO as the only association in its field.

To promote architecture and the profession around the world , the UIA focuses on architectural education, professionalism and the organization of international competitions as well as the awarding of awards.

The presidents of the UIA are / were:

• ...
• 1999–2002: Vassilis Sgoutas, Greece
• 2002–2005: Jaime Lerner , Brazil
• 2005–2008: Gaëtan Siew, Mauritius
• 2008–2011: Louise Cox, Australia
• 2011–2014: Albert Dubler, France
• 2014–2017: Esa Mohamed, Malaysia
• 2017–2020: Thomas Vonier , USA

Congresses

The UIA organizes world architecture congresses every three years through one of its member organizations. Along with the Congresses, the General Assemblies will be held at which the President, Vice-Presidents and Council members and the Secretary General will be elected. The next congress will take place in Seoul in 2017 under the theme: "The soul of the city". Earlier world congresses were:

No.	year	place	theme
1.	1948	Switzerland , Lausanne	Architecture before new tasks
2.	1951	Morocco , Rabat	How architecture deals with its new tasks
3.	1953	Portugal , Lisbon	Architecture at a crossroads
4th	1955	Netherlands , The Hague	Architecture and the evolution of building
5.	1958	Soviet Union , Moscow	Construction and reconstruction
6th	1961	United Kingdom , London	New techniques and new materials
7th	1963	Cuba , Havana	Architecture in underdeveloped countries
8th.	1965	France , Paris	The practical training of architects
9.	1967	Czechoslovakia , Prague	Architecture and the human environment
10.	1969	Argentina , Buenos Aires	Architecture as a social factor
11.	1972	Bulgaria , Varna	Architecture and leisure
12.	1975	Spain , Madrid	Creativity and technology
13.	1978	Mexico , Mexico City	Architecture and national development
14th	1981	Poland , Warsaw	Architecture, people, the environment
15th	1985	Egypt , Cairo	Present and future mission of the architect
16.	1987	United Kingdom , Brighton	Shelter and cities - building the world of tomorrow
17th	1990	Canada , Montreal	Cultures and technologies
18th	1993	United States , Chicago	Architecture at the crossroads - designing for a sustainable future
19th	1996	Spain , Barcelona	Present and Future. Architecture in cities
20th	1999	People's Republic of China , Beijing	Architecture for the 21st century
21st	2002	Germany , Berlin	Resource architecture
22nd	2005	Turkey , Istanbul	The great bazaar of architecture
23.	2008	Italy , Turin	Architecture mediation
24.	2011	Japan , Tokyo	DESIGN 2050 Beyond disasters, through solidarity, to sustainability
25th	2014	South Africa , Durban	Architecture elsewhere
26th	2017	South Korea , Seoul	Soul of the city

UIA awards

The following awards are given by the UIA every three years:

• “ Auguste Perret Prize” for architecture-related technologies
• "Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize" for town planning or territorial development
• “ Jean Tschumi Prize” for architecture criticism or education
• "Sir Robert Matthew Prize" for improving the quality of human living space

UIA gold medal

Since 1984, the organization has also awarded the UIA gold medal to honor an architect (or a group of architects) who have made a name for themselves with their buildings and their work through the high quality of their services to mankind and society (to honor an architect (or group of architects) having distinguished themselves through their work and professional practice by the quality of services rendered to man and society) . Previous holders of the gold medal were:

year	architect	country
1984	Hassan Fathy	Egypt
1987	Reima Pietila	Finland
1990	Charles Correa	India
1993	Fumihiko Maki	Japan
1996	Rafael Moneo	Spain
1999	Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis	Mexico
2002	Renzo Piano	Italy
2005	Tadao Ando	Japan
2008	Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon	Mexico
2011	Álvaro Siza Vieira	Portugal
2014	Ieoh Ming Pei	United States
2017	Toyo Ito	Japan

Web links

Commons : International Union of Architects  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (French / English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/archive/websites/valencia/us/conference/institutions/pgs.instit/uia.htm
2. ↑ https://www.uia-architectes.org/webApi/en/about