Robert Ivy Explained

Robert Ivy (FAIA) is the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) since 2011.^[1]

Biography

Robert Ivy holds a Master of Architecture from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) in English from .

In 1996, Ivy became the Editor in Chief of Architectural Record. He became Vice President and Editorial Director of McGraw-Hill Construction Media, which included GreenSource: The Magazine of Sustainable Design, SNAP, Architectural Record: China, HQ Magazine, ENR, Constructor, and Sweets.^[2] From 1981 until 1996, he was a principal at Dean/Dale, Dean & Ivy and a critic for many national publications.

Ivy was a juror on the panel that selected architect Frank Gehry to design the National Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial.^[3]

In December 2010, Robert Ivy was named CEO of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), effective February 2011.

Other roles

• Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council^[4]

Awards

• 2018: Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters^[5]
• 2010: Master Architect by Alpha Rho Chi (the only architect selected in the 21st century)
• 2009: Crain Award^[6]
• 1998: McGraw-Hill Award for Management Excellence
• 1993: AIA College of Fellows

Publications

• Fay Jones: Architect^{[7] [8]}

Notes

1. Web site: About - AIA. www.aia.org. 2019-12-04.
2. Web site: American Institute of Architects names Robert Ivy CEO. 16 December 2010. www.bizjournals.com. 2019-12-04.
3. News: Zongker. Brett. Architects oppose bill to alter DC memorial to Ike. Associated Press . 15 March 2013.
4. Design Futures Council Senior Fellows Web site: Senior Fellows :: DesignIntelligence. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071106072349/http://www.di.net/about/senior_fellows/. 2007-11-06. 2007-11-06.
5. Web site: Robert Ivy to receive Lifetime Achievement Award. Archinect. en. 2019-12-04.
6. Web site: Alpha Rho Chi Architecture Fraternity Names Robert Adams Ivy, FAIA, "Master Architect".
7. Book: Ivy, Robert. Fay Jones. 1992. McGraw-Hill . 9780071358316.
8. Web site: Beverly Willis Archive – Just another WordPress site. en-US. 2020-03-20.