Models: Architecture and the Miniature (Architecture in Practice)

by Mark Morris

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Today, the physical scale model is a centrepiece for design education, celebrated practices and architecture's public relations. The development of digital fabrication devices has made model manufacture even more pervasive. The physical model is the most accessible form of architectural communication. Clients and the general public seem to immediately respond to and understand the model, over blueprints and computer simulations. Many architects use finished models for presentations, competitions and exhibitions. Others also embrace sketch models as quick, economic and flexible generative tools. It is only with the rise of the virtual that the advantages and disadvantages of more traditional...Read more
  • ISBN10 0470015926
  • ISBN13 9780470015926
  • Publish Date 22 September 2006
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 18 February 2022
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 216
  • Language English