PRACTICE MEMBERSHIP
2024 RENEWAL

2024 renewal notices will be issued on 7 December 2023 with fees due for payment no later than 16 January 2024. 

If your practice has previously enrolled in automatic quarterly renewals:

1. Log in to the member portal using your email address
2. On the member portal home page, select “Manage My Practice”
3. On the left hand menu, select “Membership Payments”
4. Scroll down to “Preferred Automatic Payment” for instructions on updating your preferred payment method.

If your practice has not been enrolled in automatic quarterly renewals before, you will need to renew your practice membership manually by 16 January. During renewal, you will be able to provide information to renew automatically in future membership periods.

Practice membership fees are payable on a quarterly basis by default. If you have questions about your membership payment frequency please contact membership@architecture.com.au. 

1. Log in to the member portal using your email address
2. On the member portal home page, select “Manage My Practice”
3. On the left hand menu, select “Membership Payments”, where you will be able to view your previous quarterly invoices
4. A payment summary can be generated by clicking “Print Past Payment Receipt”, where all payments for a period can be exported.

The practice can update its member profile online at any time, via the A+ practice management portal. In addition, all A+ practices are contacted prior to the end of each quarter and asked to verify all changes in the number, categories or status of any eligible staff members in the practice.

There is no outright fee required to invite staff to join the membership. These changes will be reflected in the practice’s next quarterly invoice. 

To manage your practice’s member list:

1. Log in to the member portal using your email address
2. On the member portal home page, select “Manage My Practice”
3. On the left hand menu, select “A+ Member List”, where you will be able to invite staff to join and remove staff who are no longer eligible for inclusion.

Further instructions on managing your practice membership can be found here. 

Please email the membership team at membership@architecture.com.au to unlock your account.

Show off your Institute membership with a digital membership badge. Exclusive to practice members, apply the A+ badge to your practice’s email signatures, website and other marketing collateral to proudly acknowledge your practice membership.

1. Log in to the member portal using your email address
2. On the member portal home page, select “A+ Member Badge” to download the badge and usage guidelines.

Member, Graduate and Student category members include in the practice membership can also download individual member badges via their profile.

Additional people authorised to manage the member lists and renewals for the practice membership can be added by emailing membership@architecture.com.au.

The request to add an administrator needs to be done by a Director or current administrator of the practice membership.

In your request, please include the following:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Direct contact number
• Position within the practice

Eligible staff includes all registered architects, graduates of architecture and allied professionals with a qualification in a built environment related discipline. This includes interior designers, planners, urban designers, landscape architects and the like.

Permanent staff working more than 3 days per week or more in the practice should be invited to enrol. Casual staff are not required to be included (but are welcome). 

Concessional fees are available and can be applied for via the practice’s member list if the practice would like to invite staff who:

• Work 0.4FTE or less, or, 
• Have reduced hours to care for children under five, or,
• Have reduced hours to complete post-graduate studies.

Students already enrolled as Institute SONA members may also be included if they are working in the practice however no additional fees are charged for their inclusion.

From 2024, staff of practice members who do not meet membership eligibility can access A+ resources by creating an account in the Access category. You can invite staff to join with this category like you would any other member. It is important to note that an Access account does not provide membership to that individual and is for access to online resources only (including Australian Standards).