In an age where we have been going from hyperrealistic renders to digital models to the realm of the metaverse, physical architectural models have almost become a thing of the past. Nonetheless, ...

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Architect Damien Murtagh has always made physical models of his buildings to present to clients. But when the recession hit in 2008, creating disposable models to use only once or twice became too ...

It may seem strange and nerdy, but people are increasingly commissioning miniature houses that they used to live in as keepsakes — and there’s some serious money involved. Commissioned models can cost ...

In the 19th and 20th centuries, miniature staircases, along with all sorts of other interior details, were produced by architects and furnituremakers for models of proposed structures. Collecting ...

Long before rendering two-dimensional designs into three-dimensional models became standard architectural procedure, the indigenous peoples of Latin America represented buildings in small-scale forms ...