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.

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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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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.

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We are proud to have contributed our expertise to hundreds of collaborations with institutions, publishers, and media projects worldwide.

Building on this legacy, GIAA now extends its expertise to individuals, professionals and students through certification programs.

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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.

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From institutions and publishers to individual professionals and students, GIAA continues to advance architectural knowledge worldwide.