The history of The Indian Institute of Architects is one of absorbing interest. Unfolding the scenes throughout the years, it speaks in its manifold aspects, of the struggles and influence of architectural education from one solitary centre throughout India, of the rebirth and youth of a profession which the Country had almost forgotten, of a struggle for existence and the need to have the meaning and value of Architecture and architectural service understood and attempts and experiments towards a new stage in the architecture of the country.
In the Renaissance or reawakening of India, the Institute has its due place in the sphere of Architecture.
Its history is also one of men with vision and ideals, men who had at heart, the welfare of architecture and the profession and who with such a goal, helped to lay and build up the foundations of an architectural future fraught with the finest possibilities conceivable.
IIA
The Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) is the National body of Architects in the country. Established in 1917, the institute today has more than 20,000 members and plays a major role in promoting the profession of architecture by organising and uniting the Architects of India to promote aesthetic, scientific and practical efficiency of the profession both in Practice and in Education.
IIA is represented on various national and international committees connected with architecture, art and the building industry and is also actively associated with International Union of Architects (UIA), Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA) and South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation of Architects (SAARCH).
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IIA Coimbatore Centre
In the year 1989, the architects of Coimbatore formed a group called as the “Guild of Practising Architects” under Ar.V.H.S.Moni as the Chairman and Ar.S.M.Syed Yaseen as the Secretary. In the year 1991, the group conglomerated with the National body of Architects – “The Indian Institute of Architects” as it’s Centre with Ar.V.H.S.Moni as Chairman and Ar.S.M.Syed Yaseen as Secretary, under the IIA TamilNadu Chapter.
In the year 1993, the IIA Coimbatore Centre with Ar.Rajkumar Davidar as the Chairman and Ar.T.S.Ramani Sankar as the Convenor hosted the “Young Architects’ Festival 1993” and achieved high popularity & fame for the Grand Organisation, Technical Seminars and Warm Hospitality. The festival was held in February 1993 at Coimbatore & Ootacamund (Ooty) when Ar.Shireesh A.Deshpande was the President of IIA. The Centre has been one among the most updated ones in the Country with regard to Construction Technology & Building Design, in the Architectural profession.
