Design Awards Home AIA Rochester Membership Information Members are architects who are legal residents of and have been liscensed or registered by any state, the District of Columbia, or any U.S. Territory. Associate Members are either those persons without architectural licenses who are employed under the supervision of a licensed architect in a professional or technical capacity directly related to the practice of architecture, or those eligible by experience who are employed in circumstances recognized by licensing authorities as constituting credit toward architectural registration. Emeritus Membership can be applied for by any architect member who has maintained membership for15 years and has reached the age of 70, has reached the age of 60 and is retired, or is incapacitated so as to be unable to work in the profession.
Fellowship is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon an architect.
Architects nominated for Fellowship must have completed 10 cumulative years of AIA membership prior to nomination.