{{Short description|Defunct professional association of architects}} {{Infobox organization | name = Western Association of Architects | full_name = | native_name = <!-- organization's name in its local language --> | native_name_lang = <!-- required ISO 639-1 code of the above native language --> | logo = File:Western Association of Architects seal.jpg | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --> | caption = | map = <!-- map image --> | map_size = <!-- defaults to 250px --> | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = <!-- 2nd map image, if required --> | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = WAA | nickname = | pronunciation = | pronounce_ref = | pronounce_comment = | named_after = | predecessor = | merged_into = American Institute of Architects | successor = | formation = {{start date and age|1884}} | founder = <!-- or |founders = --> | founding_location = | dissolved = {{end date and age|1889}} | merger = <!-- other organizations (if any) merged with, to constitute the new organization --> | type = <!-- e.g., Nonprofit, NGO, etc. --> | tax_id = <!-- or |vat_id = (for European organizations) --> | registration_id = <!-- for non-profits --> | status = <!-- legal status or description (company, charity, foundation, etc.) --> | purpose = Architectural profession | professional_title = FWAA | headquarters = Chicago | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | origins = | region_served = United States | products = <!-- or |product = --> | services = | methods = <!-- or |method = --> | fields = <!-- or |field = --> | membership = <!-- number of members --> | num_members_year = <!-- year to which membership numbers/data apply --> | language = <!-- or |languages = --><!-- any official language or languages used --> | owner = <!-- or |owners = --> | secretary_general = <!-- or |gen_sec for General Secretary --> | leader_title = <!-- defaults to "Leader" --> | leader_name = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | leader_title5 = | leader_name5 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ = <!-- or |publication = --><!-- organization's principal body (assembly, committee, board, etc.) or publication --> | parent_organization = <!-- or |parent_organisation = --> | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = | ror_id = <!-- unique ID in the Research Organization Registry --> | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | endowment_year = | funding = <!-- source of funding e.g. for "think tanks" --> | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | num_students = | num_students_year = | awards = | website = <!-- {{Official URL}} or {{URL|example.com}} --> | remarks = | former_name = <!-- or |former_name = --> | footnotes = | bodystyle = }}
The '''Western Association of Architects''' ('''WAA''') was an American professional body founded in Chicago in 1884 separately from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Dankmar Adler, and Louis Sullivan, because they felt slighted by East Coast architects of the AIA.<ref>''New York Times'' "[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/11/14/103626579.pdf The Western Architects]" November 14, 1884</ref> "Members consisted of architects from the Midwest and the South with chapters forming in many states. The WAA was the first architectural organization to petition for licensure of architects. Many architects were members of both WAA and AIA...."<ref>[http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/naa158.xml Papers of the Western Association of Architects: 1884-1889]</ref> The WAA merged with the AIA in 1889.
==Presidents== * Charles E. Illsley of St. Louis, 1885<ref>"Western Association of Architects" in ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=vyxDAQAAMAAJ Sanitary Engineer]'' 10, no. 25 (November 20, 1884): 577-580.</ref> * Dankmar Adler of Chicago, 1886<ref>"The Convention" in ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4MTs4WXO8cC Inland Architect and Builder]'' 6, no. 5 (November, 1885): 66-87.</ref> * John W. Root of Chicago, 1887<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=1qNYFt5Gu6gC Inland Architect and Builder]'' 8, no. 8 (December, 1886): 59.</ref> * Sidney Smith of Omaha, Nebraska, 1888<ref>"Fourth Annual Convention of the Western Association of Architects" in ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kkA1AQAAMAAJ Building]'' 7, no. 22 (November 26, 1887): 176-181.</ref> * W. W. Carlin of Buffalo, New York, 1889<ref>"Fifth Annual Convention, Western Association of Architects" in ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_NXPGPru1koC Engineering and Building Record]'' 19, no. 1 (December 1, 1888): 3-8</ref>
==Other notable members== * Louise Blanchard Bethune * Daniel Burnham * William J. Dodd * Gustave W. Drach * Mason Maury * Louis Sullivan * Bernard Vonnegut Sr. * Oscar C. Wehle
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Category:Western Association of Architects Category:Organizations established in 1884 Category:Organizations disestablished in 1889 Category:Architecture-related professional associations Category:1889 mergers and acquisitions Category:Organizations based in Chicago