An architect usually makes a model. This is a smaller copy of the larger-scale piece. The material might not be the same. Most architecture models are made in card or thin wood. A model has to be ...

A single architectural model can represent hundreds of hours of work and hard-won solutions to complex design problems. It’s ...

In 1869 Layard thus proposed a new 3D model of the city itself that would be open to public viewing. In my new book, Modeling the Metropolis, I show how architectural models became a crucial ...