Ivenue Love-Stanley

Ivenue Love-Stanley, , (born 1951) 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 has been a strong supporter of Georgia Tech's inclusion efforts, offering an annual award for a student mentoring program that rewards students of African descent with strong academic credentials with a scholarship and internship. She has also served as a Georgia Tech alumni trustee and a member of their National Advisory Board.

With her husband William J. "Bill" Stanley III, she co-founded Stanley, Love-Stanley, P.C. in 1978 which has become the second largest African-American architectural practice in the South. Her work with the NOMA included the creation of formal connections with the American Institute of Architects. During the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, Love-Stanley designed and oversaw the design of the Olympic Aquatic Center in a joint venture, and the installation of a "Celebrate Africa" exhibit and performance. Later she provided design services for Youth Art Connection, a gallery and art hub for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta.

Love-Stanley served on several historic preservation boards as well as on the City of Atlanta's Zoning Review Board. Love-Stanley served for eight years on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Midtown Improvement District which oversees capital improvement projects in Midtown Atlanta. She also supported the effort to designate Atlanta's West End neighborhood as a national historic district, volunteering to review documents, prepare drawings and serving as a consultant. and the sculpture at John Westley Dobbs Plaza in Atlanta—are featured in Judith Dupre's book, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory" (Random House, 2007). Appointed to the Atlanta Urban Design Commission in 2005 Appointed to the Georgia State Board of Architects and Interior Designers, from 2003–2012 2014 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, American Institute of Architects