The Architects' Council of Europe (french: Conseil des Architectes d'Europe) is a

professional organisation A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that profession, and the ...

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from Europe that aims to help advance

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

and maintain its quality. It was founded on 11 May 1990 in

Treviso, Italy Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

by the merger of two organisations: the Liaison Committee of the Architects of the United Europe and the Council of European Architects.

Executive Board

The executive board for 2022-2023: Ruth Schagemann (Germany) / President Fulgencio Avilés Inglés (Spain) Dubravko Bacic (Croatia) Carl Bäckstrand (Sweden) Christos Christodoulou (Cyprus) Borys Czarakcziew (Poland) Daniel Fügenschuh (Austria) Selma Harrington (Ireland) Paul Jeppesen (Denmark) Ruta Leitenaite (Lithuania) Diego Zoppi (Italy)

Members

The ACE functions as a federation that is composed of 44 Member Organisations, such as: * The

Association of German Architects The Association of German Architects (German: ''Bund Deutscher Architekten'', BDA) is an association of architects founded in 1903 in Germany. It publishes the bimonthly magazine ''der architekt''. The BDA has over 5,000 members. In 1995, it fo ...

* The

Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland ( ga, Institiúid Ríoga Ailtirí na hÉireann) founded in 1839, is the "competent authority for architects and professional body for Architecture in the Republic of Ireland." The RIAI's purpose ...

* The

Slovak Chamber of Architects The Slovak Chamber of Architects ( sk, Slovenská komora architektov, ) is a self-governing, state-owned legal entity of non-business nature based in Bratislava. It was established on 1 June 1992 by the Act of the Slovak National Council no. 138/199 ...

* The

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

* The

Danish Association of Architects The Danish Association of Architects (Danish: , abbreviated to AA), is an independent professional body for architects in Denmark. History The Danish Association of Architects was founded at the initiative of L. A. Petersen on 21 November 1879 ...

*The Conseil National de l'Ordre des Architectes CNOA The Member Organisations meet in a yearly General Assembly. In 2021, the ACE General Assembly was held in Brussels.

Policies

On 4 May 2019, in

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

(Austria), the Architects’ Council of Europe presented a "Statement on Achieving Quality in the Built Environment", on the occasion of its Conference on the theme “How to Achieve Quality in the Built Environment: Quality assurance tools and systems”.

References

External links

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