Architectural Model Building

"Behind virtually every great building is an architectural scale model. Architectural models combine practicality and detailed craftsmanship with an artistic flair." —From the Foreword by Ross King, author of Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture and Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, among other works.

Architectural Model Building: Tools, Techniques and Materials presents simple instructions, illustrations, exercises, and practical applications to the inexperienced or student model maker. With more than 300 photographs, the text's easy-to-follow format is designed to develop the requisite skills for crafting professional-quality models. Students are not only supplied with basic how-to information but, through the book's various features, also with ways of avoiding common mistakes.

Features:

• Learn from the Pros icon points to passages containing instructions, shortcuts, and tips from professionals.
• Advice from the Pros box gathers the wise counsel of professionals, reinforcing the lessons.
• Chapter Review and Practice sections offer critical thinking questions as well as hands-on practice for the beginning to intermediate model maker.
• Full-colour insert showcases exquisitely rendered models, which complement the text's step-by-step presentation.
• Glossary defines key terms, boldfaced in the text.
• Appendix comprises templates of shapes frequently encountered by the model maker.