Architectural Model Building: Tools, Techniques & Materials

Description

"Behind virtually every great building is an architectural scale model. ... Architectural models combine practicality and detailed craftmanship 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-color 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.

Roark T. Congdon is a professor of studio and history courses at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Seattle and has taught model building, sculpture, drawing, history, and design at the university and high school levels in both in the US and China for over 15 years.