William J. Stanley III, FAIA Atlanta, Georgia Term: December 2013 to December 2014
William J. Stanley III, FAIA The 52nd Chancellor of The American Institute of Architects College of Fellows
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illiam J. Stanley III, FAIA is a fourth generation Atlantan. He was educated at the Georgia Institute of Technology and in 1972 became the first black graduate of its College of Architecture. Upon graduating, Bill continued his internships in New York City and Detroit, Michigan. While interning with Welton Becket Associates and John Portman Associates, he was Senior Designer and Project Manager for several national and international projects. In 1975 he became the youngest African American ever to receive an architectural registration in the South. Bill began his private architectural practice in 1977 with his wife Ivenue Love-Stanley, FAIA. Over the past 33 years the firm has grown to become one of the largest African-American practices in the country concentrating in architecture, planning, program management, and interior design throughout the U.S. and abroad. Bill is currently registered in 5 southern states. Bill is the principal in charge of business development and design and responsible for the firm’s 28 awards. including: the Agricultural Sciences Building at Abraham
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Baldwin Agricultural College; Lyke House-The Catholic Center at Atlanta University Center; Centennial Place Elementary School; Ebenezer Baptist Church; Dobbs Plaza; Reynolds Cottage at Spelman College; United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta Parking Deck; Youth Art Connection Gallery; The Olympic Aquatic Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology; John Hope Hall Science Research Facility at Morehouse College; the Southwest Family Branch YMCA; Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church; the Herndon Tower at the First Congregational Church UCC; and the Cathedral at Turner Chapel. The firm’s designs have been featured in many publications as well as a PBS special on American’s Houses of Worship. A synopsis of Bill’s professional and civic accomplishments includes his leadership within AIA, his National Presidency of NOMA, his term as AIA Regional Director, and his service on many corporate, university, civic, non-profit and foundation boards. In 1995 Bill received the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Citation; he is also the recipient of the Bernard B. Rothschild Award, AIA Georgia’s highest award as well as the AIA Atlanta Ivan Allen Award and in 2017 he received his Honorary Fellowship in the RAIC.
wjstanley@stanleylove-stanleypc.com
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1056 Spring St., NW | Atlanta, GA 30309
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