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 ...
The design for Northwesterly House in rural Napa County emerged from a series of models that set up a rhythm of monoliths. (Courtesy Sidell Pakravan) Given the rising cost of construction, the need to ...
Advancements in computer technologies have enabled architects to model their designs with precision and detail. Augmented reality technologies have helped the industry leap ahead, giving practitioners ...
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 ...
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 ...
The first museum in Japan devoted entirely to architectural models opened recently, aimed at archiving and preserving the miniature prototypes of Japanese architects’ structures now scattered around ...
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 ...
In the ever-changing world of design and construction, the tools at architects’ disposal have remained the same for decades. With its ability to deeply understand how architects design, Snaptrude has ...
As artificial intelligence continues to address virtually every aspect of life, proptech entrepreneurs are finding opportunities to design digital advances in the analog-first world of architecture.