The International Union of Architects was founded in Lausanne (Switzerland) on 28 June, 1948 to unite architects worldwide in a federation of their respective national organisations. The UIA has emerged as an accomplished non-governmental organisation, the only professional network for architects from every continent. Made up of delegations from 27 states at the time of its creation, today the UIA counts the professional organisations that best represent the architects of 131 countries and territories. Through these, over 1,300,000 architects globally.
Region IV - Asia et Oceania
The following countries comprise UIA Region IV:
Richard Kirk, director of KIRK, has been appointed one of the 2021-2023 International Union of Architects’ (UIA) Region IV Councillors for Australia. Richard has been an advocate for the Australian Institute of Architects to remain active in the UIA.
