Architects' Council of Europe

The Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) is the representative organisation for the architectural profession at European level: it aspires to speak with a single voice on its behalf in order to achieve its aims.

Architects' Council of Europe
AbbreviationACE
FormationMay 11, 1990 (1990-05-11)
Founded atTreviso, Italy
TypeProfessional organisation
Location
  • Rue Paul Emile Janson 29
    B-1050 Brussels
Coordinates50°49′38″N 4°21′36″E
Region served
Europe
Membership (2017)
42
President
Ruth Schagemann
Main organ
General Assembly

Its growing membership currently consists of 49 Member Organisations, which are the regulatory and professional representative bodies in all European Union (EU) Member States, Accession Countries, the UK, Switzerland and Norway. Through them, the ACE represents the interests of over half a million architects from 30 countries in Europe.

ACE’s Mission is to

-influence, through advocacy, EU legislation & policies that impact on our strategic priorities;

-be an influential and valued source of authoritative information for the architectural profession in Europe;

-act as the unified voice of the architectural profession in the European institutions;

-be an effectively networked representative body for EU architects and practices;

-create an enabling practice and regulatory environment for architects & practices;

-demonstrate the role of architects in creating a truly competitive, enriching and sustainable Europe.

To this end, ACE applies its Core Value sets, with the aim of being:

- credible, relevant, reliable;

- informed, influential, timely;

- innovative, strategic, visionary.

ACE’s Vision is to make a difference, and to advance architecture as a strategy for innovation, leading to greater competitiveness and profitability.

History

The Architects' Council of Europe was founded on 11 May 1990 in Treviso, Italy by the merger of two organisations: the Liaison Committee of the Architects of the United Europe and the Council of European Architects.[1][2][3]

Executive Board

The ACE Executive Board for 2022-2023:

Ruth Schagemann (Germany), ACE President

Fulgencio Avilés Inglés (Spain), ACE Vice- President

Dubravko Bacic (Croatia) Carl Bäckstrand (Sweden) Christos Christodoulou (Cyprus) Borys Czarakcziew (Poland) Daniel Fügenschuh (Austria) Selma Harrington (Ireland) Paul Jeppesen (Denmark) Ruta Leitanaite (Lithuania) Diego Zoppi (Italy)

Members

The ACE functions as a federation that is composed of 49 Member Organisations, such as:[1]

In 2023, the ACE General Assembly will be held in Brussels, Belgium.

Latest Policies

For affordable and quality Housing - Statement by ACE presented on the occasion of the Affordable Housing Activation Forum held in Madrid on 18-20 May 2022.

Statement of the New European Bauhaus Collective (NEBC) on Public Procurement 2021

The New European Bauhaus: Making the Renovation Wave a cultural project 2020

Statement on Achieving Quality in the Built Environment on the occasion of its Conference on the theme “How to Achieve Quality in the Built Environment: Quality assurance tools and systems” 2019

References
  1. "Mission & Objectives". Architects' Council of Europe. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  2. "Architects' Council of Europe (ACE)". Slovenská komora architektov. 2017. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  3. "Architects' Council of Europe". ECCREDI. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. "Membership". Bund Deutscher Architekten. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. "About the RIAI". RIAI. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. "My local RIBA". RIBA. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  7. "About the Danish Association of Architects". Arkitekt-Foreningen. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.


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