Modeling messages
Subtitle: the architect and the model
By: Karen Moon.
Publisher: Monacelli Press; Monacelli
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Architectural models; Architectural models -- History -- 20th century; Architecture -- Designs and plans
Description: "Modeling Messages: The Architect and the Model is a study of the contemporary model and its myriad uses in architectural practice, focusing on the object itself - its makers, materials, and methods of fabrication - and on its roles within the design profession and for the public."

"Author Karen Moon identifies two principal types of models: those made for the relatively private functions of design and exchange of ideas and those prepared for the typically more public purposes of communication and presentation. Grounded in a discussion of historic models - Michelangelo's massive wooden models of Renaissance churches, Sir John Soane's beautifully crafted replicas of the Bank of England, Kasimir Malevich's Suprematist Architektons of the early twentieth century - the author's text draws as well on her extensive interviews with architects and modelmakers. Illustrations include rare archival images along with spectacular and creative models from noted international architects."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Model defined; title: A common thread; title: A question of scale; title: Vision; title: Communication: idea and identity; title: Makers; title: Material matters; title: A process of change.