Model Making

by Megan Werner

The ancient craft of architectural model making may seem unnecessary in today's age of digital renderings and virtual tours, but physical models remain a uniquely revealing and compelling tool for the architect. More forcefully than any other way of visualizing a building, models represent ideas, as opposed to images. The sensory impact of a physical model, its materiality, is an important step in the design process. Once an idea is materialized,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568988702
• ISBN13: 9781568988702
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary