About Us

Australia’s Leading National NFP Peak Body Representing the Building Design Community. A champion for building designers. The Building Designers Association of Australia (BDAA) is the single national association that represents, advocates for, promotes and connects building designers throughout Australia. Our membership includes residential, commercial and industrial building designers, architects, landscape architects, planners, specifiers, thermal performance assessors and design students. A number of our members have featured on major design websites and in the pages of style magazines and major metropolitan newspapers. In addition, BDAA CEO Chris Knierim is a trusted media consultant regarding news coverage that concerns the built environment. The BDAA has been cited as a consultant and direct influence on nationwide building reform, with association leaders advising national councils in a constant quest to preserve and enhance the Australian built environment.