Executive director Benjamin Prosky posted a statement citing “allegations of inappropriate and unacceptable behavior” as reason for the organization’s decision. Peter Marino Architect has issued a response.
In the days since the AIA issued a short statement on the election of Donald Trump, AIA CEO Robert Ivy’s words have sparked a firestorm of responses from many members of the profession who found his statement—as described by architecture critic Michael Sorkin —“temperate, agreeable, indeed feckless.”