Calling Notice:

The 153rd Annual General Meeting of the Glasgow Institute of Architects will be held online at 6pm on 15th April 2021 using Zoom.us. 

Joining instructions: 

So that we know who is joining the AGM we require you to register via eventbrite. Registration will close 24hrs before the start of the meeting. Your eventbrite confirmation will hold the ‘join link’ and ‘meeting ID’.

You can download and install the Zoom Client for Meetings, for free, prior to the AGM. It is advised to join the meeting early if you still need to install Zoom and this process should only take five minutes.

Message from GIA President Phil Zoechbauer: 

"2021 is an important year for the GIA, with UN Climate Conference, COP26, hosted in Glasgow. The past few months have therefore seen the GIA Council begin to focus their attention on preparations for the year ahead, as well as continuing to progress a wide variety of other initiatives and prepare for our Annual General Meeting and annual lecture on 15th of April.

The year ahead promises to be a busy one, with the GIA seeking to implement reforms to it's constitution and governance structure alongside it’s many annual activities: the GIA Design Awards, Student Awards, Glasgow Urban Design Panel and CPD Series, as well as the return of the triennial Alexander Thomson Scholarship, engaging with our members through our GO-GIA series of events, and an exhibition of the entries of our Hamilton Mausoleum and Keeper’s Lodge Ideas Competition. Looking ahead to COP26, our Sustainability Committee is progressing plans for a wide range of activities on the run-up to and during theCOP26 period which aim to raise the profile of sustainable design, Glasgow’s built environment and what architects can do to help clients achieve their net-zero targets.

With the role-out of the vaccine and lockdown restrictions beginning to be eased we are hopeful that there is light at the end of the tunnel but we realise the situation remains extremely difficult for many. I would continue to encourage our members to lookout for one another and remind them of the avenues of assistance – financial and otherwise – that are available through the Architects Benevolent Society and the GIA’s own WB Whitie Benevolent Fund should they require them. As we approach the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the first lockdown, I look forward to the day we can all share the same space again!”

Phil Zoechbauer GIA President