# Robert Ivy

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{{short description|American architect}}
{{about||the American architect|Robert H. Ivy}}
'''Robert Ivy''' ([FAIA](/source/Fellow_of_the_American_Institute_of_Architects)) was the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the [American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects) (AIA) 2011 to 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aia.org/about|title=About - AIA|website=www.aia.org|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>

==Biography==
Robert Ivy holds a Master of Architecture from [Tulane University](/source/Tulane_University) and a Bachelor of Arts (''cum laude'') in English from [Sewanee: The University of the South](/source/Sewanee%3A_The_University_of_the_South).

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.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/quick_news/2010/12/american-institute-of-architects-news.html|title=American Institute of Architects names Robert Ivy CEO|date=16 December 2010|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref> From 1981 until 1996, he was a principal at Dean/Dale, Dean & Ivy<ref name=":0" /> and a critic for many national publications.{{which|date=December 2017}}

Ivy was a juror on the panel that selected architect [Frank Gehry](/source/Frank_Gehry) to design the National [Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial](/source/Dwight_D._Eisenhower_Memorial).<ref>{{cite news|last=Zongker|first=Brett|title=Architects oppose bill to alter DC memorial to Ike|agency=Associated Press |date=15 March 2013|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/architects-oppose-bill-alter-dc-memorial-ike}}</ref>

In December 2010, Robert Ivy was named CEO of the [American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects) (AIA), effective February 2011.<ref name=":0" />

== Other roles ==

* Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council<ref>Design Futures Council Senior Fellows {{cite web|url=http://www.di.net/about/senior_fellows/|title=Senior Fellows :: DesignIntelligence|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106072349/http://www.di.net/about/senior_fellows/|archive-date=2007-11-06|access-date=2007-11-06}}</ref>

==Awards==

* 2018: Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement Award by the [Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters](/source/Mississippi_Institute_of_Arts_and_Letters)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150059501/robert-ivy-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award|title=Robert Ivy to receive Lifetime Achievement Award|website=Archinect|language=en|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>
*2010: Master Architect by [Alpha Rho Chi](/source/Alpha_Rho_Chi) (the only architect selected in the 21st century)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
*2009: Crain Award<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.alpharhochi.org/features/robert-ivy-master-architect.shtml|title=Alpha Rho Chi Architecture Fraternity Names Robert Adams Ivy, FAIA, "Master Architect"}}</ref>
* 1998: McGraw-Hill Award for Management Excellence
*1993: AIA College of Fellows<ref name=":0" />

==Publications==

* ''Fay Jones: Architect''<ref>{{cite book|last=Ivy|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rr0G9j7DpHIC&q=fay+jones+architect+ivy|title=Fay Jones|year=1992|publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=9780071358316}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beverlywillis.com/|title=Beverly Willis Archive – Just another WordPress site|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref>

==Notes==
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