The Architects' Council of Europe () is a professional organisation of architects from Europe that aims to help advance architecture and maintain its quality. It 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.
Members The ACE functions as a federation that is composed of 44 Member Organisations, such as:
The Association of German Architects The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland The Slovak Chamber of Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects The Danish Association of Architects The Conseil National de l'Ordre des Architectes CNOA
The Member Organisations meet in a yearly General Assembly. In 2021, the ACE General Assembly was held in Brussels.
Policies On 4 May 2019, in Innsbruck (Austria), the Architects’ Council of Europe presented a "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”.
Presidents Tenure President Country1990Romano VivianiItaly1991Georges ReuterLuxembourg1992Francisco da Silva DiasPortugal1993Diethart WeberGermany1994Frank DuffyUnited Kingdom1995Jean-Marie FauconnierBelgium1996Hans HaagensenDenmark1997Ioannis TsouderosGreece1998Jaime Duro PifarréSpain1999Hervé NourissatFrance2000Eoin O'CofaighIreland2001Utz PurrAustria2002Juhani KatainenFinland2003Katarina NilssonSweden2004Leopoldo FreyrieItaly2005Marie-Helene LucasLuxembourg2006–2007Jean-François SusiniFrance2008–2009Juhani KatainenFinland2010–2013Selma HarringtonIreland2014–2017Luciano LazzariItaly2018–2021Georg PendlAustria2022–2025Ruth Schagemann Germany2025–2026Carl BäckstrandSweden2026–presentDaniel FügenschuhAustria
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