Julie V. Iovine

Julie Vincenza Iovine is an American journalist on architecture and a former magazine editor. She has contributed to The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, as well as authored books.

Julie V. Iovine
Born
Julie Vincenza Iovine
EducationYale University (1977)
EmployerNew York Times
Wall Street Journal
Known forWritings about architecture
Spouse(s)Alan Hruska

Early life and education

Julie Vincenza Iovine was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Vincent M. and Julie S. Iovine.[1] Her father was a general surgeon and faculty member of George Washington University School of Medicine.[2] She has three siblings.[2]

Iovine studied Ancient Greek at Yale University, graduating in 1977, and acquired an interest in architecture while living in Athens, Greece.[3]

On August 4, 1987, she wrote in the Wall Street Journal about her alma mater, claiming that 25% of Yale's student body was gay or lesbian and that the school had a "reputation as a gay school".[4] Picked up by the Associated Press, the resulting uproar was reported in newspapers nationwide. Yale president Benno C. Schmidt Jr. denied that Yale had a reputation as a "gay school" and issued a statement calling Iovine's article "journalistic drivel". In her defense, Iovine said her article was based on research including interviews and the Yale Daily News. She said Schmidt's "reaction has been really extreme. I'm not saying that Yale is overrun by gays, which, by the way, what's wrong with that".[4] Two years later, having moved from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City as a freelance writer, Iovine was one of two women who wrote in Spy magazine under the pen name "Vincenza Demetz", to accuse film director James Toback of sexual harassment, which he denied.[5][6]

Writing career

Newspapers

After returning to the U.S. from Greece, Iovine embarked on a career as a newspaper writer. For 13 years, she was a staff writer covering architecture and other topics for The New York Times.[3][7] She currently writes as an architecture columnist for the Wall Street Journal.[8] In 2018, for example, her columns included such wide-ranging topics as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio, the Zaryadye Park in Moscow, and New York City's reopened World Trade Center Transportation Hub.[9]

In a February 26, 2003, New York Times column entitled "Turning a Competition into a Public Campaign", Iovine wrote of the shifting "historical, social, institutional, and geopolitical" factors influencing the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's architectural plans for the reconstruction of Lower Manhattan following the September 11 attacks of 2001. Numerous public meetings were held to present the various design concepts, including television and print media. Her characterization of the architects as "acting like 'media-age politicians'" was subsequently cited in an MIT Press study, Involuntary Prisoners of Architecture.[10]

Magazine editor

Beginning in 2007, Iovine was executive editor of The Architect's Newspaper. During her tenure, the trade publication expanded its online presence, resulting in a significant increase in web traffic and readership growth.[11] The Architect's Newspaper won several awards. In 2011, for example, the publication was lauded for its in-depth coverage of "important neighborhood preservation issues...both balanced and accessible".[12] Iovine left The Architect's Newspaper in 2012.[11]

While appearing at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning in 2014 to deliver a lecture, she was interviewed by The Michigan Daily and explained her passion for writing:[13] "What drew me to architecture reporting is that it’s so embedded into the real world and you can’t escape it — that’s why I live in New York...[architecture] has to face the real stuff, and any architecture that doesn’t is really missing the point".[3]

Writing in 2018 of her tenure at The Architect's Newspaper, Iovine recalled the challenges the profession faced during the years of the Great Recession, when she was at the journal's helm: "I witnessed what members of this profession are truly made of. As offices closed and shrank ... I beheld an extraordinary resilience", she recalled. Iovine concluded her retrospective by saying, "As editor of The Architect’s Newspaper during one of the toughest roller-coaster rides in recent memory, I was buckled into a front row seat, and the ride was unforgettable".[14]

Bibliography

Iovine's books authored or co-authored include:[13]

  • Chic Simple (1993)[15]
  • Civic Action (2012)[16]
  • Guggenheim New York (1999)[17]
  • Home (1996)[18]
  • Michael Graves: Compact Design Portfolio (2000)[19]
  • Modern Americana[8]
  • New York in fifty design icons (2015)[20]
  • Provoking Magic: Lighting of Ingo Mauer[8]
  • The Impeccable Gardener (1986)[21]
  • Wohnen: der Stil der 90er Jahre (1993, German, "Living: the style of the 90s")[22]

Personal life

Iovine is married to writer and playwright Alan Hruska, a fellow Yale alumnus.[23] They have homes in New York and Rhode Island.[24]

References
  1. "Julie S. Iovine". Washington Post. July 27, 2003. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  2. "Surgeon Vincent M. Iovine dies at 82". The Washington Post. March 14, 1993. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. Davis, Kathleen (November 2, 2014). "Renowned arts journalist Iovine discusses changing landscape". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  4. "Yale president blasts label as 'gay school'". Salina Journal. Associated Press. September 30, 1987. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bertram, Bonnie; Iovine, Julie V. (November 14, 2017). "We Tried to Stop James Toback Decades Ago". Vanity Fair. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  6. Turner, Karen (November 14, 2017). "These women exposed a famous director's unwanted advances in 1989. Only now is he being busted". vox.com. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  7. "Julie V. Iovine: Recent and archived work by Julie V. Iovine for The New York Times". Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  8. "Designers and Books". Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  9. "WSJ Arts". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  10. Scott, Felicity D. (October 2003). "Involuntary Prisoners of Architecture". 106. MIT Press: 76. JSTOR 3397633. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. Chaban, Matt (August 16, 2012). "Trade-ing Up: Architect's Newspaper Editors on the Move; Readership Grows Despite Shrinking Industry". The Observer. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  12. "Historic Districts Council Preservation Awards". May 16, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  13. "Lecture: Julie Iovine". Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. October 28, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  14. "Design editors reflect on architecture journalism in the 21st century". The Architect's Newspaper. November 16, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  15. Chic Simple. WorldCat. OCLC 874141905.
  16. Civic Action. WorldCat. OCLC 830674940.
  17. Guggenheim New York. WorldCat. OCLC 1084965134.
  18. Home. WorldCat. OCLC 859032839.
  19. Iovine, Julie V. (2000). Michael Graves. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. p. 95. ISBN 0-8118-3251-1.
  20. New York in fifty design icons. WorldCat. OCLC 932056394.
  21. The impeccable Gardener. WorldCat. OCLC 671279824.
  22. Wohnen: der Stil der 90er Jahre. WorldCat. OCLC 165112835.
  23. Lee, Nathan (March 5, 2009). "Ivy League Blues". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2020.(subscription required)
  24. "Alan Hruska". Retrieved December 15, 2020.
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