The Institute and its members were also important to the artists of Vancouver, as they were responsible for hundreds of commissions for designs and ornamentation of buildings in Vancouver.

For a number of year the AIBC provided a scholarship for students at the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. Winners included Ione Macdonald in 1930.

In 1949 the Institute held a large exhibition of work of Institute members, noted as "114 varied works", at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

In recent years the AIBC has had their own art gallery in their offices at 100 - 440 Cambie Street, Vancouver, where they show work of their members and others in exhibitions of art, photography, and architectural related displays.

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