The PIA has moved!

Our new address is 341 Brooklyn Road, Cnr Brooklyn Road and Charles Street, Brooklyn, Pretoria

Our new telephone numbers are:
        (012) 346 1051 or (012) 346 8438

e-mail us at admin.pia@saia.org.za

The Pretoria Institute for Architecture (PIA) is a Voluntary Association recognised by the South African Council for the Architectural Profession, and is a ‘Regional Institute’ of the South African Institute of Architects.

The PIA has origins in the Pretoria Architectural Society which was founded in 1945. The PIA was created to serve the interests of architects in the Pretoria area and to further good Architecture, and to care for the Architectural heritage unique to Pretoria.

During the course of the following 50 years, well known architects including Norman Eaton, Tobie Louw, Adriaan Louw, Peter Kuhn and Thomas Honiball served architects, in various capacities in Pretoria through the PAS.

The Transvaal Provincial Institute of Architects, having existed for the better part of a century, ceased to exist in the early 1990s and the South African Institute of Architects was established. This was the opportunity for the local architectural societies to become regional institutes in their own right.

The Pretoria Architectural Society became the new Pretoria Institute of Architects. However, the constitution and subsequently the name changed to acknowledge and provide for other forms of membership, such as Technologists, Artists, Historians and Friends. Our name is now the Pretoria Institute for Architecture.

The Presidents to date have been: -

Gerrit Jordaan
Niel Crafford
Louis Bouwer
Ron Remmers
Phillip Crafford

The sixth President, Ian Alexander, came into office at the Annual General meeting in September 2006, and the deputy President is Braam De Villiers.

The Pretoria Institute for Architecture was well placed to be in line with the new Legislation, being Act 44 of 2000, establishing the South African Council for the Architectural Profession, which provides for four levels of competence, namely; Draftspersons, Technologists, Senior Technologists and Architects.

The Pretoria Institute for Architecture is fully recognised as a Voluntary Association by the South African Council for the Architectural Profession and is accredited as such.