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A Brief History of Architectural Model Making – Part 2
This was the same back in the Grecian and Roman empires – two eras categorised by rapid expansion and grand architecture. Materials cost money, and the architects looking to construct buildings in those days are the same as the architects these days.
It is suggested that architectural model making began even before these dominions, but the earliest recorded document relating to architecture comes from the Roman rule in the 1st century AD. Since that point in time architectural model making has continued to thrive, with the materials used to make it becoming increasingly more hi-tech.
Leonardo Da Vinci was a proponent of architectural model making, and in his radical and ingenious ideas lay the foundation for many of the architectural patterns and theories that are in use today.
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The Model Making Company Ltd
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