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RIBA TO LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS


The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announces that it is to open three new international
chapters in Singapore, the Gulf region and Hong Kong.

These new chapters form part of the Institute’s work to provide greater support for its members living
and working around the world, which currently stand at just over four thousand three hundred.
The chapters will also provide an opportunity to foster links with international clients and partnerships
between UK-based and local architects

Working with the architecture institutes in these countries, the RIBA chapters will provide a complementary
programme of events and knowledge sharing. With no local architectural institute currently existing in
the Gulf region, the Dubai-based RIBA chapter will aim to establish itself as a leading voice in the support
and representation of architects, through the provision of CPD and activities which will also seek to
enagage other professionals in the built environment, living and working in the region.

The Singapore chapter will be the first to open later this year, followed by the Gulf and Hong Kong
chapters in 2009. The preparations are being led in each case by an RIBA ambassador, together with
their steering committee.

Richard Hastilow, Chief Executive of the RIBA said:

“The RIBA is already well recognised in many parts of the world, through the fine work of our members
and our validation of schools of architecture.

The development of these new chapters should have a two-way benefit - providing better support to our
members living and working around the world, but also learning from their experience to inform the RIBA’s
contribution to major international issues such as climate change and the growth of cities.

For this next step, we are focusing on countries where we have a significant core of members and good
links with the national institutes and other strong partners.”