Introduction
 
PIA evolved from a group of like-minded people with shared values and a desire to:

• strengthen the quality of product design in the built environment
• promote integration between architectural design and manufacture
• expand understanding of manufacturing process by architects and design
process by manufacturers
• support architects working in industry
• transfer benefit from innovative architectural design into the manufacturing process.


PIA is for you if you are

• an architect, working within an architectural practice or industry
• a designer or professional working within the construction industry
• a manufacturer committed to innovative development
• an innovator addressing architectural products
• interested in how architects, designers and manufacturers can collaborate to
support innovation and improve the quality of materials and design

and
• if you want to influence the exponential growth of the building industry.