UIA

The International Union of Architects was founded in Lausanne (Switzerland) in1948, to unite the architects of the world without regard to nationality, race, religion, or architectural doctrine, and to federate their national organisations.

Today the UIA represents more than 1,300,000 architects worldwide. It has several heritage programmes including a 20th Century Architectural Heritage Work Programme. UIA has support the retention of major 20th century buildings in their original settings to governments such as the Parliament buildings in Bangladesh by Louis Kahn, and the submission of the Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon for the UNESCO World Heritage List.