How to Address an Architect
How to Address an Architect
Envelope, official:
(Full name), (post nominals for professional accreditations if included)
(Name of firm, partnership, or company)
(Address)
Which looks like:
Michael Boykiner, AIA, CID, LEED® AP ID+C
(name of firm)
(address)
Envelope, Social:
Mr./Ms./etc. (full name)
(Address)
Which looks like:
Mr. Michael Boykiner
(Address)
Letter salutation:
Dear Mr./Ms./etc. (surname):
How to Address an Architect
Post-nominal abbreviations are not used on social correspondence. See also – more information on use of Post-Nominal Abbreviations.
When retired, members of this category of professionals are addressed as private citizens without reference to their professional training
Robert Hickey author of “Honor & Respect”
When Should You Use the Forms on this Page?
You can use these forms of address for any mode of communication: addressing a letter, invitation, card or Email. (If there are differences between the official and social forms of address, I will have mentioned the different forms.) The form noted in the salutation is the same form you say when you say their name in conversation or when you greet them.
___What I don’t cover on this site are many things I do cover in my book: all the rules of forms of address, about names, international titles, precedence, complimentary closes, details on invitations, place cards, all sorts of introductions, etc. I hope you’ll get a copy of the book if you’d like the further detail.
Not Finding Your Answer?
—-#1) At right on desktops, at the bottom of every page on tablets and phones, is a list of all the offices, officials & topics covered on the site.
—-#2) If you don’t see the official you seek included or your question answered send me an e-mail. I am pretty fast at sending a reply: usually the next day or so (unless I am traveling.) Note: I don’t have mailing or Email addresses for any of the officials and I don’t keep track of offices that exist only in history books.
—-#3) If I think your question is of interest to others, Sometimes I post the question – but always change all the specifics.
— Robert Hickey
Robert Hickey author of “Honor & Respect”
Recommended Resources: The Protocol School of Washington (PSOW) and Protocol and Diplomacy International – Protocol Officers Association (PDI-POA) For more information see the Protocol Resources page.