The Building Designers of the Northern Territory (BDANT) has joined the National Alliance of Building Designers as its fifth member association.

Welcoming Northern Territory to the group, National Alliance of Building Designers (NABD) president Michael O’Sullivan said the peak representative body continues to unify the nation’s building design association members.

Formed in July 2013 by the Building Designers Association of Queensland (BDAQ) and the Building Designers Association of Victoria (BDAV), the National Alliance of Building Designers has already opened its doors to the Building Designers Association of Western Australia (BDAWA) and the Building Designers Association of SA, in March and April 2014 (respectively). With the current membership, the Alliance unifies in excess of 80% of the nation’s building design association members.

The Alliance will now be able to work with their Northern Territory colleagues to develop the framework for supporting building designers throughout Australia.

The inaugural National Design Awards organised by the National Alliance of Building Designers will be held in October 2014.