Architectural Model Building: Tools, Techniques & Materials (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781563677731)

"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.

Author: Roark T. Congdon
ISBN-10: 1563677733
ISBN-13: 9781563677731
Publisher: Fairchild Books
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2010
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.30h x 10.90w x 0.60d