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Stories about Bentley users, their successes and projects AEC in Focus—How Are Architects Using Digital Design Tools? *NBBJ* HNTB Architecture's 200 professionals provide comprehensive buildings services to clients nationwide in the aviation, education, federal government, civic and private sectors ...more> Technology to Compress Building Cycles Ghafari Virtual design technology helps manufacturing companies build plants and facilities quicker and cheaper ...more> 3D Problem Solvers *General Motors* After General Motors Corp. opened its 2 million sq. ft. Lansing Grand River vehicle manufacturing plant in 2001, a vice president at the automaker issued a challenge to GM's Worldwide Facilities Group: Improve factors such as cost, speed and safety by 25% on the next big project in Lansing, Mich. — the $1.5 billion Lansing Delta Township vehicle manufacturing complex ...more> Open Book *BDP* The new home of the Bridge Academy, a secondary school in a low-income area of Hackney, London, will be a complex seven-story, terraced building, fitted into a relatively small site ...more> Virtual Building Blocks *General Motors* Before General Motors broke ground on its Lansing Delta Township automobile manufacturing plant on Jan. 30, 2004, the 2.4million-square-foot facility had already been designed, built and equipped -- in cyberspace ...more> Grand Prize Winner in Builings Interior Design Awards 2006: St. Anthony Summit Medical Center, Frisco, CO *Earl Swensson Associates Inc.* Colorado's Frisco, a vacation hotspot that's home to 35,000 year-round residents and 70,000-plus visitors during tourist seasons each year, was in great need of a new hospital ...more> Plans Announced for $100 Million Westin Hotel and Residential Development at Jordan’s Meats Plant Cooper Carry Plans were unveiled today for a $100 million Westin Hotel and condominium development at the site of the former Jordan’s Meats plant on Portland’s eastern waterfront. ...more> Caswell Park and Mechanicsville Commons win prestigious award Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon On August 18, 2006 the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) held an event celebrating their 50th anniversary. ...more> University of Cincinnati Campus Recreation Center Morphosis Architects With the muscular body of an athletics compound, the slit-eyed head of a dorm, the diaphanous wings of a swarm of lecture halls, and the robust belly of a food court, the University of Cincinnati’s new Campus Recreation Center is a chimera of a building. And if that mix—with juxtapositions as unexpected as a Surrealist’s “exquisite corpse”—were not complex enough, the 350,000-square-foot facility morphs slightly wherever its contrasting “body parts” touch one another or meet such adjacencies as, say, an existing football stadium wedged up against them. ...more> The Hearst Tower *Foster And Partners* New York City’s Hearst building is a bit of a jack-in-the-box without the Jack. ...more> The National Library T. R. Hamzah & Yeang Ken Yeang has been preaching the green gospel for more than 30 years. ...more> National Assembly for Wales Richard Rogers Partnership For such a comparatively modest building, the new National Assembly for Wales was charged with immense political, economic, and architectural expectations. ...more> Maui Memorial celebrates *NBBJ* Maui Memorial Medical Center's new $46 million wing is further evidence the state-run facility is making progress toward meeting the community's healthcare needs, officials said. ...more> County library hires planner for downtown expansion *The Troyer Group* Expansion of the downtown St. Joseph County Public Library is one step closer. ...more> Structural Origami - BDP's Bridge Academy at Hackney Building Design Partnership David Chadwick looks at BDP's Bridge Academy at Hackney, winners of a Bentley BE Award this year, thatprovides an inspirational learning environment for local students ...more> Greener Than Green Lionakis Beaumont Design Group With each new hospital campus construction project, Kaiser Permanente ups the ante for sustainability. And nowhere are the green elements as striking as its current $462 million project in Modesto. ...more> Morphosis Featured in Wired Magazine *Morphosis* The September issue of Wired Magazine features an article on the U.S. federal government's Satellite Operations Facility and its designer, Thom Mayne, head of Morphosis, 2005 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, and Bentley BIM user. ...more> New Mexico Firm of the Year *Dekker/Perich/Sabatini* Dekker/Perich/Sabatini was recently honored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New Mexico Chapter with the New Mexico Architectural “Firm of the Year” Award. ...more> TVS Architects Design New Island Community In Dubai *Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Inc.* TVS Architects announced today that Sama Dubai, a division of Dubai Holding, commissioned the Atlanta-based architectural firm to design the conceptual vision for "The Lagoons," a 70-million square foot waterfront project in Dubai. ...more> Scottish Natural Heritage HQ wins BRE office building of the year award Keppie Design Ltd At the BRE Conference in London on 9 May, representatives of Keppie Design received the BRE Office Building of the Year award for the new £13m Scottish Natural Heritage Headquarters in Inverness. ...more> John Portman & Associates Awarded Shanghai Jin HongQiao International Center *John Portman & Associates* John Portman & Associates, Inc. (PORTMAN) is pleased to announce the signing of a design contract for a large mixed use project to be located in the Hongqiao Economic and Technological Development Zone of Shanghai, China. ...more> Design for Nissan HQ Unveiled Gresham Smith and Partners Gresham, Smith and Partners' design for the Nissan North America corporate headquarters in Franklin, TN was unveiled on June 15th. The form of the glass-and-metallic, 450,000-square-foot building captures Nissan's dynamic culture. ...more> Richard Rogers Golden Lion Award Richard Rogers Partnership Richard Rogers has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime achievement by the The Board of La Biennale di Venezia ...more> 2006 Firm of the Year – AIA Houston PGAL Since its founding in 1946, PGAL has consistently provided quality architecture for landmark structures in Houston. ...more> Designs Unveiled for Freedom Tower’s Neighbors *Richard Rogers Partnership & Norman Foster* The developer of the new World Trade Center unveiled the designs this morning for three skyscrapers at ground zero, which in their gargantuan scale would reshape the New York skyline. ...more> Biodesign Institute Wins 2006 Lab of the Year *Lord, Aeck & Sargent* The Lab of The Year Award, given by R&D magazine, is an international competition that recognizes innovative laboratory design that creates a superior working environment and supports research excellence. ...more> Lee Center for the Arts Selected for USITT PQ2007 Exhibition LMN Architects Seattle University’s Lee Center for the Arts, designed by LMN Architects, was selected as one of 15 projects to be displayed by video at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology’s (USITT) USA Scenography Exhibit at the 2007 Prague Quadrennial (PQ2007). PQ2007 will be held from June 14-24th, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic. ...more> Stirling Prize *Caruso St John Architects* The Brick House has been shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize. The £20,000 prize is awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. …more> Keppie completes state of the art digital media centre *Keppie Design Ltd* Keppie Design is pleased to announce the completion of the £7.5m former Jute Mill conversion in Dundee into a contemporary workspace for the city’s creative media industry. Originally Seabraes Mill, the building has been renamed Vision and will create 13 suites providing a modern dynamic business environment for this creative sector. …more> Sustainable Plant for GM *General Motors* General Motors, www.generalmotors.com, Detroit, Mich., announced its new Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant has received gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)program. …more> Juvenile Hall's 'Calming' Expansion *Lionakis Beaumont Design Group* For Lionakis Beaumont Design Group Inc., the job of designing the Juvenile Hall expansion project in Sacramento was more than just another contract. ...more> White Horse Village Selects Heery for Major Expansion and Renovation Program *Heery International, Inc.* Heery International has been selected by White Horse Village to provide owner representative services for an extensive expansion and renovation program. ...more> Bury+Partners Named One of the Top Ten Fastest Growing Design Firms Nationwide *Bury+Partners Holdings Inc.* Bury was named Number 10 on the Zweig Letter’s 2006 Hot Firm List of the 100 fastest-growing architecture, ngineering, planning and environmental consulting firms in the United States. …more> Kling Announces Completion of United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center *Kling* Kling, one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering, interiors, and planning firms, is pleased to announce the completion of the United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in Philadelphia, PA. …more> LEO A DALY-Designed Hindu Temple Opens in Minnesota *Leo A. Daly* The new Leo A Daly-designed Hindu temple in Maple Grove, Minn. opened July 2. The Hindu Society of Minnesota welcomed worshippers and the surrounding community to celebrate the consecration of the temple, one of the largest Hindu places of worship built to date in North America. …more> Future City Builders *Barton Malow Company* Barton Malow Company employees mentored students and acted as judges for the 2006 ESD Michigan Regional Future City Competition held at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, MI on January 18. …more> Engineering News Record Ranks Olsson Associates 193rd Among Top 500 Design Firms *Olsson Associates* Olsson Associates announced that it has climbed to number 193 in Engineering News-Record (ENR) Magazine’s Top 500 Design Firms listing for 2006. The firm’s ranking is up from number 234 in 2005. …more> BWSC/KZF Joint Venture Wins Corp of Engineers Contract *Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, Inc.* BWSC Dayton and our Joint Venture Partner, KZF Design of Cincinnati, (KZF/BWSC a joint venture) was recently selected for an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ)contract for the design of Military Projects at Fort Knox, KY, from the Louisville District, Corps of Engineers. …more> More Design for Your Dollar *SSOE, Inc.* When talking about 3D design and BIM, many design firms like to impress clients with pretty pictures and big words. SSOE made a strategic decision to make sure it was implemented only when it made functional sense to our clients. …more> Benham Wins 2006 National Security Design and EngineeringExcellence Awards *The Benham Companies, LLC* The Benham Companies has won two design and engineering awards for its work on the new $42.7 million Oklahoma City federal building. …more> Schoor DePalma Repeats Recognition as New Jersey’s Finest *Schoor DePalma* Schoor DePalma, a leading engineering and consulting firm, announced today that it has been selected by NJBIZ for the sixth consecutive year as one of New Jersey’s Finest companies. Schoor DePalma will be presented with this award at the annual awards dinner held on Monday, September 25th at the Sheraton Woodbridge in Iselin, NJ. A highlight of the firm will also appear in a special supplement to NJBIZ on October 2, 2006. …more> NBBJ Achieves LEED™ GoldCertification--twice *NBBJ* The Seattle office of NBBJ, a leading design firm, has achieved LEED™ Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council for two newly completed state facilities: the Washington State Veterans’ Home, Skilled Nursing Facility in Retsil, and the Tumwater Office Building in Tumwater. Both buildings were completed in spring 2005 and are Washington’s first-ever large-scale LEED™ Gold certified state-owned buildings. …more> Award of Merit Presented to Walter P Moore *Walter P. Moore* WALTER P MOORE has won an Award of Merit in the Parking Structures category of the 2006 Post-Tensioning Institute Awards Competition for its role in the design of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Terminal D Parking Garage. …more> Have a sales specialist contact you about how these and others around the world benefit from BIM today. 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