New Designers Exhibition at London's Business Design Centre Showcases VectorWorks Projects

- 27 June 2006 - Nemetschek North America is pleased to announce that students from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (BCUC) will be exhibiting their projects, many of which were designed in VectorWorks, at the New Designers '06 exhibition at London's Business Design Centre. The largest graduate design event in the United Kingdom opens 29 June 2006, and runs through 9 July 2006.

The exhibition will showcase students' work from a wide range of art and design disciplines, including fine art, interior design and set design, graphics, ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture conservation and restoration, furniture design, metalwork, and jewelry.

For their final project, BCUC students chose from three sites in Reykjavik, Iceland-the adaptive re-use of a group of three industrial buildings on the harbor front, a windswept five-acre site on the city's edge, and a civic space in the city center that provides a setting for a performance.

"We have been teaching VectorWorks as the principal drawing package for six years and will continue to teach it enthusiastically in the studio, since every single member of the studio teaching staff uses VectorWorks in his or her practice," says Jonathan Bell, senior lecturer, BA (Hons) Spatial Design, at BCUC and partner of BBUK Landscape Architecture. "As a designer, I find VectorWorks to be the best software on the market. Nearly all the small- to mid-sized architectural firms in London use VectorWorks, and bigger practices tend to use other programs. While our CAD tutors will teach AutoCAD®, this combination will give the best students the opportunity to be fluent in both when they graduate and, thus, raise their chances of getting good jobs."

The Spatial Design course at BCUC reflects the multi-disciplinary nature of contemporary design practice where art, architecture, and landscape meet to shape spaces, places, and experiences. In addition to a dedicated studio space, students have use of networked computer studios with a range of CAD software.
New Designers introduces over 4,000 of the brightest young UK designers from 20 creative disciplines to 14,000 industry professionals and design enthusiasts. From architecture and animation to textiles and theatre design, New Designers has an unrivalled reputation for launching the careers of Britain's brightest talents. The two-week long exhibition, now in its 21st year, features invitation-only previews and awards ceremonies. The Business Design Centre is one of London's most stylish venues attracting more than 500,000 visitors, 70 exhibitions and 250 conferences every year.

For more details about New Designers, visit www.newdesigners.com
For more details about the exhibit, visit the Business Design Centre's website at: www.businessdesigncentre.co.uk/

Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (BCUC) has three campuses northwest of London in Buckinghamshire. BCUC offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, more than 20 of which are courses in art and design. BCUC students have earned an enviable reputation for winning prestigious prizes, particularly at New Designers, and a large number go on to successful careers as designers. The majority of BCUC's academic staff in the Faculty of Design continues to work commercially in their fields. For more information about BCUC, visit www.bcuc.ac.uk

About Nemetschek N.A.
Nemetschek North America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of European software giant Nemetschek AG. A global leader in design technologies, Nemetschek N.A. has been developing CAD software for the AEC, entertainment, landscape design and manufacturing fields since 1985. VectorWorks, its flagship product, is one of the world's best selling cross-platform CAD applications. It is available in more than 85 countries and is translated into seven languages. An all-in-one solution that’s easier to learn and use and more cost-effective than most other CAD programs, VectorWorks is ideal for firms that don’t have unlimited IT budgets.

For more information, visit http://www.nemetschek.net

About CU's 3D Group:
Computers Unlimited's 3D Design Group focuses on specialist products from a number of vendors including Nemetschek N.A., Abvent, autodessys, NewTek, @Last Software, AEC Software, Informatix and Ashlar Vellum.