Membership
Why working architects join ALA.
Membership is built to return more than it costs. Here is exactly where the value shows up in your practice, your license, and your career.
Reason 01
The CEU Tracker keeps your license current.
Log each course once and keep your learning units and certificates in one record for every state you are licensed in. You see what each license still needs before renewal comes around.
Reason 02
Free contracts for Professional, Senior Professional, and Emeritus members.
Attorney-vetted agreements written for architects, from owner and consultant agreements to the change orders a small firm reaches for every week. They are $75 each, and free to Professional, Senior Professional, and Emeritus members, who also get new and revised documents first.
Reason 03
It pays for itself.
Free contracts for Professional, Senior Professional, and Emeritus members, the annual print issue of Licensed Architect, and member rates on conferences and courses add up fast. Four contracts at the non-member price cost more than a year of Professional membership.
Reason 04
Relationships that move careers.
Conferences, tours, chapters, and YALA put you in the same room as the architects, consultants, and clients who shape the work. You get a network that knows the profession from the inside.
For Firms
The Studio Plan: the whole practice, one membership.
Professional seats are $210 instead of $280 and Associate seats $95 instead of $115, on one invoice with one renewal date. Add a seat the week someone joins the firm.
Open to All Architects
Join the association built for working architects.
Membership runs a full year from the day you join. Compare types and dues, or start your application now. It takes about ten minutes.