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A Brief History of Architectural Model Making – Part 1
Model making is a key facet of any successful architectural programme. People may think that architectural model making only began when the technological revolution gave us the ability to build accurate and exact replicas, but actually architectural model making has a rich tradition stretching back through the ages.
Quite simply, where there has been architecture there has been architectural making. Building a scale model of a proposed building is one of the best ways to bring a building to life. The main function that an architectural model serves these days is a selling one – an architectural model is presented to a potential financial backer or client.
The idea behind a model is to further assist the financial backer or client to understand exactly what the building is intended to offer and will therefore enlighten them further as