2024-11-08T21:30:02-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150240985/peter-exley-inaugurated-as-2021-aia-president Alexander Walter 2020-12-11T12:47:00-05:00 >2021-10-12T01:42:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3e/3e1e055da08dee09c077121cdd32771e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Architect and educator <a href="https://archinect.com/funarchitect" target="_blank">Peter Exley</a>, FAIA was inaugurated as the American Institute of Architects' 97th president yesterday.</p> <p>Exley is the co-founder and director of Chicago-based architecture, design, and consulting firm, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/90765998/architecture-is-fun-inc" target="_blank">Architecture Is Fun, Inc.</a>, which won the AIA Chicago Firm of the Year award in 2017. <br></p> <p>A graduate of the <a href="https://archinect.com/Weitzman" target="_blank">University of Pennsylvania</a> (Master of Architecture) and <a href="https://archinect.com/NewcastleUniAPL" target="_blank">Newcastle University</a> (Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies), Exley has been an adjunct professor at the <a href="https://archinect.com/saic.eduaiado" target="_blank">School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)</a> for more than two decades.</p> <p>Within the institute, Exley has served as the at-large-director on the AIA Board; chair of the AIA&rsquo;s Public Outreach Committee; 2013 president of AIA Chicago; Illinois regional representative to the Strategic Council; and liaison to the AIA&rsquo;s Young Architects Forum.<br></p> <p>"While I&rsquo;m not na&iuml;ve to the challenges our profession, industry, and society have been dealt in the face of the pandemic, I would like my tenure in 2021 to facilitate ...</p>