INTERVIEW WITH AIA CEO ROBERT IVY

ArchitectureWeek spoke with AIA Chief Executive Officer Robert Ivy as the Institute was in final preparations to host the AIA 2012 National Convention in Washington, D.C.

Kevin Matthews: Coming from a magazine perspective, and now that you're here (at the AIA), how has your perspective on architecture magazines changed — from being steeped in that world for quite a while, to now being next to it?

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Hodder to Be Next RIBA President — BD (Registration required), 2012.0516

Geoengineering Experiment Cancelled Amid Patent Row — Nature (registration required), 2012.0515

Hyatt Announces 2012 Beijing Architecture Forum — Hyatt Hotels Press Release, 2012.0515

Report: Housing Market Recovery Has Officially Begun — TIME, 2012.0515

Canadian Banks Not Immune to Housing-Related Failures — Bloomberg, 2012.0515

UC Davis West Village a Global Model for Sustainable Urban Planning — UC Davis News & Information, 2012.0514

Ally's Mortgage Unit Files for Bankruptcy — CNN Money, 2012.0514

To the New Grads at UC Berkeley — Metropolis, 2012.0514

Is Buckingham Palace Ugly? — BBC News, 2012.0514

New City College Center to Promote Engaged Urban Design. — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0514

Getty Launches Initiative to Conserve Modern Architecture. — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0514

Urban Living: Maximising Space in the City — Telegraph (UK), 2012.0514

In Pictures: Modernist Delhi — BBC News, 2012.0514

Trying to Save a Piece of History — Chicago Tribune, 2012.0514

Warsaw Dissolves Contract with Museum of Modern Art Architect — Warsaw Business Journal, 2012.0514

Buildings, Like Books, Tell a City's Story — Baltimore Brew, 2012.0514

Is Casablanca Crumbling? — Hindustan Times, 2012.0514

"Architecture Is Not for Business" — Indian Express, 2012.0514

Former Government Life Building to Come Down — Stuff (New Zealand), 2012.0514

Draft Building Regulations 'Criminalise' Architects — Irish Times, 2012.0514

Wainwright Building Included in a National PBS Program — St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2012.0514

10 Best Iconic Modern House Tours in North America — Orlando Sentinel, 2012.0514

Contingency Plans Vital for Reno — Sydney Morning Herald, 2012.0513

Robert Miles Parker, Artist and Architectural Preservationist, Dies at 72 — Kansas City Star, 2012.0513

Why Battersea Power Station Must Be Preserved — Guardian Unlimited, 2012.0512

McMansions: What's the Big Deal? — Chicago Tribune, 2012.0511

Subprime Bonds Come Roaring Back — CNBC, 2012.0511

Herald Readers to Judge State's Top Architecture — Sydney Morning Herald, 2012.0511

Getting Back to the Front Porch — Kansas City Star, 2012.0511

Toronto's Architecture Has Never Looked Better — Toronto Star, 2012.0511

New Designs for the Nation’S Capital — Washington Post, 2012.0511

Drop in Homes for Sale Is Strengthening Prices in Many Spots — USA Today, 2012.0510

New York Fed Sells AIG Rescue CDO Debt to Bank of America — Bloomberg, 2012.0510

Murals Offer Early Glimpse of Mayan Astronomy — Nature (registration required), 2012.0510

Black and White All Over? Not Us, Firm Says — Wall Street Journal, 2012.0510

Welcome to the Rebuild Era — Atlantic Cities, 2012.0509

What Is Going on in the Housing Market and Indices? — Mortgage Daily News, 2012.0509

FHA New Foreclosures Jump as Modified Loans Default — Bloomberg, 2012.0509

Peter Mackenzie, 1961-2012 — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0509

Wells Fargo Says DOJ May Seek Penalties over Fair Lending — BusinessWeek, 2012.0508

Architects Hit the Road to Survive Property Crash — Reuters, 2012.0506

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