Not a Member?
At the Institute, our live online webinars help you earn CPD throughout the year so you’re never rushing in June to meet your 20 points.
Not only that, they are designed for real-time interactions, as well as keeping you up to date on the latest trends and updates, while learning directly from leading practitioners.
Contract Administration Essentials: Effective Contract Management for Best Practice
What if a contract dispute never caught you off guard again?
Contracts are where architecture meets reality, and where things can go wrong fast. This CPD session gives you the essentials of contract administration, risk management, and claims handling so you can protect your projects, your clients, and yourself.
Member: $20 | Non-Member: $120
Applications of AI Data in Architecture: Case Studies
Artificial intelligence is expanding architectural capability.
This session cuts through the hype with real building case studies showing how architects are using AI to sharpen design decisions, reduce embodied carbon, and improve outcomes across the project lifecycle.
Member: $79 | Non-Member: $149
Applications of AI Data in Architecture: Case Studies
Artificial intelligence is expanding architectural capability.
This session cuts through the hype with real building case studies showing how architects are using AI to sharpen design decisions, reduce embodied carbon, and improve outcomes across the project lifecycle.
Member: $79 | Non-Member: $149
Cloaked House and Sustainable Design Strategies
Cloaked House is a masterclass in doing more with less. This session unpacks the sustainable design strategies behind it: thermal comfort, embodied carbon, building retention, and material choices that last.
Led by award-winning architect Jennifer McMaster, this deep-dive connects design intention with measurable environmental outcomes.
Member: $20 | Non-Member: $120
Design Choices | Shiel Street Community Housing
This CPD session will focus on design strategies employed for this award-winning project. More broadly, it intends to demonstrate how this as a case study carries lessons for other housing projects to deliver rational and resident-prioritised outcomes. This session will enable architects and designers to apply more informed strategies for medium density housing to their own practice.
Member: $79 | Non-Member: $149
Leadership in Practice | Formal CPD series
Leadership in Practice is a practical webinar series for architects and forward-thinking practitioners who want stronger leadership and better commercial outcomes – without compromising design integrity. Across four focused sessions, participants will connect personal values to life-first goals and develop the mindset required to lead well under pressure. This includes learning decision tools to reduce overload, protect what matters during busy periods, and build simple resilience habits for individuals and practices.
Session 1 - The Inner Architect: Goals and Mindset for Practice Leaders |
1pm AEDT, Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Session 2 - Practice Profit Formula: Five Profit Levers
1pm AEDT, Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Session 3 - Sales Without Selling: Win Work Authentically
1pm AEST, Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Session 4 - Lead Your Team: Vision to Execution
1pm AEST, Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Member: $295 | Non-Member: $495
Design Choices | Shiel Street Community Housing
This CPD session will focus on design strategies employed for this award-winning project. More broadly, it intends to demonstrate how this as a case study carries lessons for other housing projects to deliver rational and resident-prioritised outcomes. This session will enable architects and designers to apply more informed strategies for medium density housing to their own practice.
Member: $79 | Non-Member: $149
Not sure where to start?
Different roles carry different risks and different professional priorities. Start with what’s most relevant to where you’re practising right now.
Sole Practitioner
Start with Compliance
You carry the full weight of PI exposure. NCC 2022 compliance documentation is your first priority before any other CPD this year.
Mid-career, employed
Start with AI & Workflow
Career progression in 2025 means being ahead of the technology shift. The AI module is one afternoon, and the feedback from 235 practitioners is consistent.
Practice Director
Start with Risk & Contracts
Your practice liability runs deeper than your specifications. Contract administration and PI exposure are the two CPD areas with the most direct commercial consequence.
Emerging Architect
Start with the Essentials
The NCC Update Series and the First Nations Crash Course cover your two most immediate professional obligations, and both are on-demand.
Bestsellers
8 Formal CPD Points
The go-to starting point for compliance documentation. One of the most consistently selected series in the catalogue over the years, for good reason: regulatory change doesn’t wait for convenient timing.
Member: $350
Non-Member: $530
8 Formal CPD Points
Sustainability, compliance, inclusivity and climate resilience in heritage contexts. Practical, confidence-building skills for delivering projects that balance conservation with current performance standards and best practice decision making.
Members: $350
Non-Member: $700
2 Formal CPD Points
Practical strategies to meet performance requirements without design compromise.
Member: $99
Non-Member: $149
8 Formal CPD Points
Applied cultural methodology beyond statements and policy language.
Member: $399
Non-Member: $599
Face-to-Face Learning Opportunties
Explore chapter CPD opportunities via our events listing or register for the Australian Architecture Conference.
Not a member?
Members save an average of $120 per course across the catalogue. If you complete five courses a year, membership pays for itself in savings before the advocacy, events, and practice resources that come with it.
Speak to our Education Team for more information.
Phone: 1800 770 617
Email: CPD@architecture.com.au
Hours: 10:00am – 4:00pm