Welcome to the Global Institute for Architectural Analysis
At GIAA, we set the standards for architectural analysis, shaping the way architecture is researched, taught, and communicated across institutions and professions.
GIAA applies these standards to provide architectural insight and original fieldwork material to professionals and institutions
From academic research to editorial and media productions, our expertise has shaped projects of international relevance. Today, we extend this knowledge through our certification programs.
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Our Services
Editorial Support
We work with publishers and editors to enrich books, magazines, and academic works.
Beyond advisory, we provide original photographs, videos, and documentation from field visits, ensuring publications are both accurate and visually compelling.
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Educational Collaboration
We partner with universities and cultural institutions to support teaching, research, and public engagement.
From lectures and workshops to sharing field material, GIAA contributes to advancing architectural knowledge within academic and cultural environments.
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Media Consulting
Filmmakers, documentary directors, and cultural producers rely on GIAA to combine expertise with exclusive visual material.
We supply footage and photography captured on site, along with advisory that ensures architectural accuracy and context in storytelling.
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Architectural Advisory
We assist design teams, architects, and firms with critical analysis, historical context, and conceptual grounding.
Whether during early project development or in refining narratives, GIAA provides insights that strengthen design proposals and public presentations.
Learn moreWe are proud to have contributed our expertise to hundreds of collaborations with institutions, publishers, and media projects worldwide.
Get GIAA Certified
Building on this legacy, GIAA now extends its expertise to individuals, professionals and students through certification programs.
Single-Home Analysis
Single homes are a core value in our society; our place of shelter and identity.
Learn to examine this building typology with precision, from spatial organization to materiality and detail.
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Public-Building Analysis
Develop the skills to analyze architecture at the civic scale.
Explore how public buildings shape communities, embody cultural values, and express institutional identity through space and form.
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High-Rise Analysis
Master the tools to critically evaluate tall buildings, from structural systems and facades to urban presence and social impact.
This program prepares you to understand skyscrapers as both engineering feats and cultural icons.
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Diploma in Architectural Analysis
The GIAA diploma recognizes comprehensive mastery across building types.
By completing the three certification programs you demonstrate the ability to analyze architecture with rigor and breadth, from the intimate scale of the home to the complexity of the city.
Learn moreFrom institutions and publishers to individual professionals and students, GIAA continues to advance architectural knowledge worldwide.