ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 340

Thu Jun 28 10:44:58 PDT 2007

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BENTLEY CONFERENCE
    by Susan Smith
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	A software user conference isn't always just about
	demonstrating new products. It can also be about the
	underlying vision of the hosting company. That was the
	case with the Bentley BE User Conference, held in Los
	Angeles in May 2007. Company spokespeople explained their
	philosophical approach to their upcoming platform
	release, code-named "Athens," and bolstered their
	announcements with examples of progress in building
	information modeling (BIM), sustainable design, and
	future research.

	In a keynote address, chief technical officer Keith
	Bentley stressed the importance of a software "platform,"
	which he described as "a software development philosophy,
	where software is built in layers, and each layer solves
	a general purpose problem. Each layer above it extends
	the lower level. By the time you get to the top level, it
	leverages all the capabilities of the lower levels."

	The platform structure expands the reach of the software
	company, and the scope of problems that can be solved
	with their software is much bigger because the
	general-purpose levels have already been created. One of
	the benefits of this approach is that as the platform
	grows, the old techniques continue to work and you can
	embrace new ideas without having to give up the old.
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AIA/SF Design Awards 2007 
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	As usual, in their 2007 Design Honor Awards the San
	Francisco Chapter of the Amewrican Institute of
	Architects (AIA) presents a wide array of projects
	ranging from abstract to earthy.  The influence of Bay
	Area cluture is evident in the depth of values expressed,
	and the big local architecture school at UC Berkeley is
	evident in the number of faculty-related firms in the
	award ranks.
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Holistic Library
    by Nili Portugali
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	The mechanistic worldview underlying contemporary
	architecture separates elements and creates an
	environment of autonomous fragments. The result is cities
	like Brasilia in Brazil, Chandigarth in India, the
	satellite towns in England and the new neighborhoods
	around Jerusalem, where the structured disconnection
	between the house and the street, the street and the
	neighborhood, the neighborhood and the city arouses a
	feeling of detachment and alienation.
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