[1][2][3] The Society exists to encourage interest in the history of architecture, to enable the exchange and discussion of ideas related to this.
The Society has no official location and its activities cover the United Kingdom.
The Society also represents the interests of UK architectural history to governmental and non-governmental bodies within the education and heritage fields.
Initially it was conceived as being a chapter of the American Society of Architectural Historians partly because Bannister had been a founder-member in 1940.
The Chairmen of the first meetings were Bruce Allsopp and William A. Singleton, the latter affiliated with the York Institute of Architectural Study.