Some Happy Returns for AIA Members
AIA architects in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Ohio won their elections November 5, while a candidate in Maryland lost a repeated bid to win elected office. Charles Clary, FAIA, (R) who ran unopposed, will return to the Florida Senate to represent the people of Destin; Eric Johnson, FAIA, (R) who also ran unopposed, remains in the Georgia Senate; AIA Ohio President Chris Widener, FAIA, (R) sailed to reclaim his Ohio House of Representatives seat, with more than 60 percent of the vote from the three counties he represents; and Joe Sam Queen, AIA, (D) captured a Senate seat in North Carolina. Maryland architect and President-elect of AIA Maryland Robert Smith, AIA, (R) did not fare as well, losing his bid for the Maryland House of Delegates.

PROJECT WATCH
Preschool Earns Honor Award on Staten Island
The old gymnasium of the Church of St. Clare on Staten Island received a total makeover—courtesy of local architects David L. Businelli, AIA, Salvadeo Associates Architects, and Steven Perrella, AIA—that evolved into two large spaces for a preschool that can be divided into two classrooms each, a fifth classroom that doubles as a community room, art room, office, and lobby. The architects turned the interior walls into "hyper-surfaces" that offer built-in functions of shelving, storage, and display and designed the spaces with two horizons: one at 3'-6" for the kids, and one at regular head height for adults. On the exterior, color bands that stretch inside offer all colors, in keeping with the Catholic teaching that "God promised the children a rainbow." The project earned Salvadeo Associates and Perrella an Honor Award for Interiors from AIA Staten Island.

Check Out AIA eClassroom's New Look
In addition to sharp new graphics, eClassroom, the AIA's distance learning site, offers easy instructions for first-time users and descriptions on how to choose a course. It has links that allow you to view your CES credits transcript and demos to show you exactly how a course will appear on the screen. You can choose from hundreds of courses drawn from the best programs presented at recent AIA conventions, such as:
• TH08, The Hyatt Skywalk Collapse: 20 Years Later
• TH26, Killer Molds and Other Visitations from the Future
• TH29, Removing the Barriers to High-Performance Design
• SA25, Architect Liability under ADA and Other Federal and State Laws for Accessibility.
Get courses where you want them, when you want them. Check it out today.

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