Architectural Institute of Japan
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The Architectural Institute of Japan is a Japanese professional body for architects, building engineers, and researchers in architecture.
The institute was founded in 1886 as an institute for architects. It was renamed the Architectural Institute in 1905, and given its present name in 1947.
Today the institute has about 38,000 members, with a mission to advance the science, technology and art concerning architecture with the mutual collaboration of its members. Ite sponsors roughly 600 sub-committees and working groups under 16 standing research committees. The institute's central office and library is in Tokyo with nine regional chapters (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Tokai, Hokuriku, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu).
The institute publishes the Journal of Architecture and Building Science, Transactions of AIJ, Selected Architectural Designs of the Architectural Institute of Japan, AIJ Journal of Technology and Design, Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Convention, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering (JAABE), and technical standards, specifications for designing and constructing professions, results of the Research Committees' studies, terminology dictionaries, school textbooks, slides, videotapes, and books for the general public.