Richard Meier, FAIA, World Renowned Architect of New Getty Center, Selects Bentley and MicroStation TriForma.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1998--AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture Gold Medalist, Winner of the Pritzker Prize and Countless Other Architecture Awards Raises Standard for Building Software with Bentley's "Continuum" Strategy Bentley Systems Inc. (Exton, Pa.), Thursday announced that the world renown architect Richard Meier, FAIA FAIA Florida Association of Insurance Agents FAIA Food Additives and Ingredients Association (Kent, UK) FAIA Fellow, American Institute of Architects (honorary position) of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , has selected MicroStation(R) TriForma(R) as the standard for architectural design and engineering throughout the firm. After an extensive evaluation process which included AutoCAD from Autodesk (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ), Richard Meier & Partners chose Bentley because it best supports the architectural creative process through the superior 3D and enhanced workflow capabilities of MicroStation TriForma. In addition, the firm looks to Bentley's engineering IT strategy, the Bentley Continuum, for future technological growth and expansion. Richard Meier has designed numerous significant projects including: the Getty Center in Los Angeles; the Church of the Year 2000 in Rome; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona; the High Museum in Atlanta; the City Hall and Central Library of The Hague; and Federal Courthouses in Phoenix and Long Island. In 1984 Richard Meier became the youngest recipient to date of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, considered by many as "the Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. of architecture." In addition, Richard Meier received the AIA's highest honor, the AIA Gold Medal The AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred "by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture." It is the Institute's highest award. in 1997. Commenting on the decision to choose Bentley, Richard Meier of Richard Meier & Partners, said, "We are engaged in complex designs that require powerful software and skilled teams of architects. Bentley offers the best support to this creative process with advanced tools for collaboration across the enterprise. Bentley has hit the mark with MicroStation TriForma and the Bentley Continuum." Brad Workman, AIA, vice president of building engineering products at Bentley, noted, "The type of projects that Richard Meier takes on requires the superior architectural design tools found in MicroStation TriForma." He continued, "Considering the enormous contribution Richard Meier & Partners have made to the field of architecture, we at Bentley are honored to be a contributor to their efforts and we hope to be a long term partner in the future." Richard Meier & Partners will be converting from IBM's AES. Recently, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp.'s AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission Business Unit in North America (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IBM) selected MicroStation TriForma for their Architectural and Engineering upgrade program. IBM's Architecture and Engineering Series (A&ES) is offering this program, which includes migration to MicroStation TriForma and the Bentley SELECT(SM) technology and service subscription program. Richard Meier & Partners will be installing 15 seats over a 2-year period. For more information on Bentley or MicroStation TriForma, please contact the company at 800/BENTLEY, 610/458-5000 (Americas), +31 23-556-0560 (Europe, Middle East, Africa), +61 3-9699-8699 (Asia/Pacific), through E-mail at rachael.schroeder@bentley.com,or through http://www.bentley.com. The Bentley Wire automatically delivers company press releases through E-mail within minutes of being issued. To subscribe, click http://www.bentley.com/news/bwire/. More on Richard Meier Richard Meier received his architectural training at Cornell University. He established his own office in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. in 1963 and since that time his practice has included major civic commissions such as courthouses and city halls; museums; corporate headquarters; and housing and private residences in the United States, Europe and Asia. Amongst Richard Meier's most renowned projects are the Museum of Television & Radio in Los Angeles; Frankfurt Museum for Decorative Arts in Germany; Canal+ Television Headquarters in Paris; the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut; and the Atheneum ath·e·nae·um also ath·e·ne·um n. 1. An institution, such as a literary club or scientific academy, for the promotion of learning. 2. A place, such as a library, where printed materials are available for reading. in New Harmony, Indiana New Harmony is a historic town in Posey County, Indiana, 15 miles (24 km) north of Mount Vernon, Indiana, the county seat, on the Wabash River. The town's population in has remained relatively constant over the years at around 1,000 residents. . His work has been widely published in architectural monographs and journals throughout the world. For more information of Richard Meier & Partners, please contact their Web site at http://www.richardmeier.com. More on Bentley Bentley Systems Inc. is a worldwide leader in engineering software and user services. The Bentley Continuum is the company's comprehensive engineering IT strategy comprising products, services, and strategic affiliations. The company now serves over a quarter million professionals in building/plant engineering, geoengineering, and mechanical engineering. With revenues now over $150M annually, Bentley was listed as the largest privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. on the 1998 Softletter 100 and named to the 1998 Upside Hot 100. Bentley's MicroStation desktop and ModelServer(TM) Internet/intranet/extranet-based products are used at over 70% of the largest U.S. engineering firms. They form the software foundation of well-known buildings, roadways, machines, and industrial plants around the world. The Bentley SELECT(SM) technology and service subscription program now reaches over 150,000 users. Bentley Strategic Affiliates, including GEOPAK Transportation, HMR HMR Hazardous Materials Regulations HMR Human Resources HMR Home Meal Replacement HMR Hamrun (postal locality, Malta) HMR Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Montréal, Canada) , Jacobus Technology, NetSpace Systems, and WorkPlace System Solutions, provide project services and the world's best and most interoperable engineering applications to Bentley users. More information about Bentley and Bentley Strategic Affiliates is available at www.bentley.com. -0- Bentley, TriForma and MicroStation are registered trademarks; ModelServer is a trademark; and Bentley SELECT is a service mark of Bentley Systems, Incorporated. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: In the Americas: Boston Communications Worldwide Kim Bergen, 609/716-1018 kbergen@bcww.com or In Europe, Middle East, and Africa: Boston Communications Worldwide Lucy P. Marcus, +31 (0)23 5560770 lmarcus@bcww.com |
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