AILA Membership

Member Benefits - & What opportunities there are for members to contribute..

 

AILA membership provides an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the growth and effectiveness of your chosen profession of landscape architecture.

It also provides a range of opportunities for you to continue to develop as a professional landscape architect.

You share a common commitment to the profession that is making an increasingly significant contribution to the creation of better quality urban environments and more sustainable landscapes.

Your membership fees help to maintain the AILA National Office, which provides services and supports members at a national level. A portion of your fees also goes to your State Group to assist in providing you with a range of other benefits and services.

Membership of AILA provides a package of benefits that include:

1. Being a member of an organisation that maintains professional standards of members, which increases client confidence in the services to be provided and their willingness to accept suitable fees and conditions.

2. Networking opportunities provided by AILA events allows you to pursue continued professional development and to identify professional opportunities.

3. Receipt of Landscape Architecture Australia, which is the official journal of AILA, four times a year contributes to your knowledge of the profession and provides useful technical and products information.

4. Receipt of the LANDMARK. This is the national membership broadsheet (newsletter), published by AILA National Office, to provide you with current information about a wide range of AILA issues and an opportunity to exchange ideas.

5. You are eligible to enter your projects in both the State and National AILA Awards, which creates opportunities to have your work recognised and to form part of a marketing resource to raise the awareness of clients and the general public about landscape architects.

6. Attendance at AILA National Conferences provides opportunities to gain further knowledge and insights as well as meeting potential clients. Members are invited to attend at reduced rates.

7. Access to the AILA National and State Web Sites provides information about a broad range of issues and events relevant to landscape architects.

8. AILA membership of the Australian Council of Built Environment Design Professionals (BEDP) allows it to advocate more effectively on behalf of AILA Members on a range of issues.

9. AILA membership of the Australian Council of Built Environment Design Professionals (BEDP) allows it to advocate more effectively on behalf of AILA Members on a range of issues.

10. AILA membership of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) allows it to join with our partners, the international associations and institutes of landscape architecture, to advocate internationally for environmental, cultural and professional issues.

11. An opportunity to contribute to the education of future generations of landscape architects though mentor programs and other advisory panles in collaboration with Universities providing accredited landscape architecture programs.

12. Receipt of useful information gathered by AILA members surveys, such as the annual salary surveys.

13. Opportunities to network with other professions through BEDP and  reduced attendance rates to many associated professional CPD events.

14. A free individual member listing on the AILA National Web site to assist potential clients and others to identify you as a Registered Landscape Architect.

15. Receiving current information through State Group Newsletters and by National Office Communiques.

16. Opportunities to attend professional seminars and workshops at reduced rates.

17. Opportunities to contribute to the profession and to be involved in advocacy in relation to environmental, social, and cultural issues at local, state and federal government levels.

18. Practices that employ a Registered Landscape Architect are eligible for a free practice listing on the AILA web site - this is worth many advertising dollars - as these directories are in constant use by clients looking for practices with Registered Landscape Architects.

19. Practices that employ a Registered Landscape Architect are eligible to place free job vacancies on the AILA web site. This site is the place in Australia for landscape architecture employment - the site is very busy!