Miniatures are full of bite-sized portions of our world and lives. By transcending spatial norms, models envision and measure real-world size and performance. They help to understand the cultural and ...

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 ...

Montmartre with Sacre Coeur in the Kemnitzer Paper Model Collection (courtesy of David A. Kemnitzer, architect; photo by National Building Museum staff) WASHINGTON, DC — Architect David Kemnitzer ...

Have you ever wanted a miniature model of the Flatiron Building, Burnham and Root’s famous Monadnock building, or even a 3D map of Amsterdam? Would you want to have your home transformed into a ...

“People from outside the world of architecture and design would come through the studio and gush over our early city model prototypes,” says Ngo, who notes that architects regularly make such models ...

Giancarlo Valle uses small-scale maquettes to bring big ideas into the world. At the back of American designer Giancarlo Valle’s New York studio, there’s a room that looks as though it could be a ...