Bio:

The great architect, Ivenue Love-Stanley FAIA NOMA, is an American architect. She co-founded Stanley, Love-Stanley P.C., an Atlanta-based architecture and design firm. She was the first African-American woman to graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture, and in 1983 she became the first African-American woman licensed architect in the Southeast. Love-Stanley’s projects include the Aquatic Center for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, the Lyke House Catholic Student Center at the Atlanta University Center, the Southwest YMCA and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (which won awards from the National Organization of Minority Architects), the Auburn Market in Sweet Auburn and the National Black Arts Festival headquarters.

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Object:

Object Five - Alternative career, volunteer work with organizations not directly connected with the built environment, or service to society

 

Year of Elevation: 

2001

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Featured Project Name: 

Student Athletic Complex

 

Featured Project Location: 

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Featured Project Completion Date: 

1996​

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Role in Featured Project: 

Architect

 

Featured Project Description:

In the years leading up to the Olympics, the Institute began an aggressive building and renovation schedule. Georgia Tech was selected to serve as the Olympic Village as well as the venue for several events during the Centennial Olympic Games in 1996.

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In 1994, Tech began constructing a new aquatic facility to host Olympic swimming and diving, while a $12 million renovation prepared Alexander Memorial Coliseum to serve as the venue for Olympic boxing and Paralympic volleyball. After the games, the aquatic center was incorporated into the design of the Student Athletic Complex, now known as the Campus Recreation Complex.

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Photography Credit:

Georgia Tech

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