Architects' Council of Europe

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Architects' Council of Europe
AbbreviationACE
FormationMay 11, 1990;33 years ago (1990-05-11)
Founded at Treviso, Italy
Type Professional organisation
Location
  • Rue Paul Emile Janson 29
    B-1050 Brussels
Coordinates 50°49′38″N4°21′36″E / 50.827294°N 4.360041°E / 50.827294; 4.360041
Region served
Europe
Membership (2017)
42
President
Ruth Schagemann
Main organ
General Assembly

The Architects' Council of Europe (French : Conseil des Architectes d'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. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Executive Board

The executive board for 2022-2023:

Ruth Schagemann (Germany) / President

Fulgencio Avilés Inglés (Spain) Dubravko Bacic (Croatia) Carl Bäckstrand (Sweden) Christos Christodoulou (Cyprus) Borys Czarakcziew (Poland) Daniel Fügenschuh (Austria) Selma Harrington (Ireland) Paul Jeppesen (Denmark) Ruta Leitenaite (Lithuania) Diego Zoppi (Italy)

Members

The ACE functions as a federation that is composed of 44 Member Organisations, such as: [1]

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”. [8]

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