Models are useful to architects for all sorts of things, from the earliest parts of the design, all the way to marketing a building after it's built. But, what is it about models that makes them such ...

The design for Northwesterly House in rural Napa County emerged from a series of models that set up a rhythm of monoliths. (Courtesy Sidell Pakravan) Given the rising cost of construction, the need to ...

A single architectural model can represent hundreds of hours of work and hard-won solutions to complex design problems. It’s one reason organizers say an exhibit of architectural models has struck a ...