Yokohama Ferry Port Terminal, Yokohama, Japan
	In selecting the signature identity for this new product, we reviewed images depicting transportation sites because they served as an appropriate metaphor for what we know can be achieved with AutoCAD 2005. As with the transporting of valuable cargo or human life, those who work with project design information must ensure that their project information can safely, and with efficiency and accuracy, make the many “trips” to and from design team members during the design process. AutoCAD 2005, as with all earlier releases, addresses improvements in the way designers create and share project design data. Additionally, it enables the “smart” management and dissemination of that data so that projects can be completed more efficiently, with fewer errors and with greater productivity. More about that later.
	Some information about the stunning Yokohama Ferry Port Terminal:
	•Design: Grand prize winner, International Design Competition, 1994-95
	•Architects: Alejandro Zaera-Polo & Farshid Moussavi  of Foreign Office Architects, London
	•Local agent: City of Yokohama Port  and Harbor Bureau
	•The profile of the structure has been limited to as low a level as possible so that docked ships will stand out against the skyline.
	•Steel frame construction, 2 stories above ground, one below. The rooftop level is a 24-hour open plaza, furnished with wooden decks and natural grass carpets. This plaza is one of the best places to view the Yokohama waterfront.
	•Approx. 44,000 sq. meters in total floor space. The wood flooring is made of ipe, a strong and durable Brazilian wood so dense it sinks in water (The ipe used for the New York Coney Island pier has stood for over 100 years.)
	•Except for flat floors, the building is a complicated design with curved surfaces and lines. As a result, all the pieces of steel were different.
	•There are no stairs in building; it is a barrier-free environment where visitors move between levels by either by slopes or elevators.