22 WYOMING ARCHITECTURE .22 | aia-wyoming.org Wyoming Board of Architects and Landscape Architects (WBALA) By Emily Cronbaugh, Executive Director and Katie Wilson, AIA The Wyoming Board of Architects was established on Feb. 17, 1951. In 1991, legislation added the regulation of the practice of landscape architecture, increased the membership of the Board to five, and changed the Board’s name to the Wyoming State Board of Architects and Landscape Architects. The Board is comprised of three architects, one landscape architect, and one member of the public. The Wyoming State Board of Architects and Landscape Architects (Board) contributes to public health, safety, and welfare and actively provides regulation of licensure, advocacy, and education for the practice of Architects and Landscape Architects in the State of Wyoming. The Board has partnered with AIA Wyoming in the past to deliver quality continuing education opportunities for licensees and the public of Wyoming. We look forward to more collaboration to ensure both parties are actively focused on professional matters affecting public protection. The Board also retains membership with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB). Board members and staff attend these national regulatory meetings and volunteer through committee assignments to ensure Wyoming remains knowledgeable about regulatory concerns at both the state and national levels. These efforts keep the Board working strategically to ensure a high level of public protection for the citizens of Wyoming through regulating architects and landscape architects. This year, the Board partnered with AIA Wyoming and ASLA Colorado/Wyoming to draft and amend the Practice Act. Proposed amendments include: 1) Allow for alternative paths to licensure outside the accredited degree (in accordance with national standards); 2) Update administrative notice requirements (December certified mailings take an exorbitant amount of time and money to complete); and 3) Seek legislative authority to provide grant funds (make it more official to support continuing education opportunities for our Licensees and the General Public).
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