Associatie van Interieurarchitecten van België AinB
Association des Architectes d'Intérieur de Belgique ASBL
What are the benefits of ECIA membership?
How can I become a member of ECIA?
What is the difference between Interior Architecture and Interior Design?
Do you provide a list of recommended schools?
Do you have an educational membership?
What is the Guest Membership and how can I apply?
Can you send me a list with the e-mail addresses of your members?
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What are the benefits of ECIA membership?
The European Council of Interior Architects ECIA is an organization of professionals. During the past years the European professional organizations of interior architects, united in the European Council of Interior Architects, have been actively involved in further professionalizing the discipline, and subsequently in branding the profession as one of well trained professionals with high standards of ethics. ECIA is the umbrella organization of 15 national professional organizations of interior architects, representing over 7500 associated interior architects. ECIA is basically a networking organization, bringing together the experience and achievements of the member organizations and creating a platform for the exchange of information on best professional practices. We have established common standards of educational and professional profile for the Associated Interior Architects. Read more in the Who We Are section.
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How can I become a member of ECIA?
ECIA is the umbrella organization of 15 national professional organizations of interior architects. As such, ECIA does not have individual membership. If you are a member of one of the ECIA associated organizations, you are automatically associated with ECIA, and can enjoy -through your home organization- all the benefits of membership! For more information, please contact the professional organization in your home country.
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What is the difference between Interior Architecture and Interior Design?
Basically, there isn't any. In most Northern European countries, like Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Austria, the commonly used title is Interior Architect. In Spain the title is Decorador. There are 5 European countries where the profession is regulated, see the EU-site for an overview. In some countries, like the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy, the title Architect is regulated and preserved for registered architects. In those countries the title Interior Designer is commonly used.
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If you are a member of one of the ECIA associated organizations, you can create an account on the ECIA website. Simply click on the 'Create new account' link, and enter the required information. Your request will be automatically send to your national organization for validation. This process may require some time. After validation, you will receive an e-mail with your log-in codes and you will be able to post comments and log-in to the members only section. Please contact your national organization for more information.
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Do you provide a list of recommended schools?
At this time we do not recommend particular schools. However, we do provide an overview of schools which was compiled by our member organizations in their respective countries.
We are investigating the possibilities to start a recognition program for schools that comply to the European Charter of Interior Architecture Training in the near future.
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Do you have an educational membership?
At this time we do not offer educational membership to institutions. We are investigating the possibilities to start a recognition program for schools that comply to the European Charter of Interior Architecture Training in the near future. If you represent a European school and are interested in such recognition and subsequent educational membership, please contact us!
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What is the Guest Membership and how can I apply?
All members of an ECIA associated professional organization in their home country can apply for a guest membership in an ECIA associated professional organization in an other country. This guest-membership will be granted for three consecutive years by the host country, in addition to the membership in the home country. The guest-membership offers all benefits and duties that a normal membership in the host country offers. Applications for a guest membership must be made through the applicants home countries organization. Read more on the Professional Requirements page.
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Yes, we do offer a facility to show your name and/or company logo and an external link to your site. You can check the performance of this site at www.ecia.net/stats . Please contact us for possibilities and conditions.
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Can you send me a list with the e-mail addresses of your members?
ECIA is the umbrella organization of 16 national professional organizations of interior architects. For privacy and security reasons we can not disclose an overview of individual Associated Interior Architects. For more information please contact the national professional organizations.
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