A single architectural model can represent hundreds of hours of work and hard-won solutions to complex design problems. It’s one reason organizers say an exhibit of architectural models has struck a ...

Before ground is broken or bricks are laid on any building, architects get to work on a smaller scale, creating models of what buildings and sometimes whole landscapes could look like. City of ...

Construction isn’t getting cheaper, and demand for space isn’t getting smaller. Architecture 2030 projects the world will add 2.6 trillion square feet of new floor space between 2020 and 2060. Not ...

Many of these icons of the constructivist movement--which influenced Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas--used to only exist in sketches or photographs. Exhibition Explores How Models Made People Gaga For ...

I’m standing over a table, looking at a 3D architectural model of a room. Then I hit a button, and suddenly I’m inside the model itself. I can walk around, get a feel for the space, see how the ...

The Empire State building stands approximately 15 inches tall, whereas the Statue of Liberty measures at just under two inches without its base. At this scale, even ants would be too big to represent ...

Architectural louvres are essential components of modern building envelopes, combining technical performance  with visual ...

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