The Architectural Model
Histories of the Miniature and the Prototype, the Exemplar and the Muse
$91.35
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2019
Summary
An investigation of different uses for the architectural model through history-as sign, souvenir, funerary object, didactic tool, medium for design, and architect’s muse.For more than five hundred years, architects have employed three-dimensional models as tools to test, refine, and illustrate their ideas. But, as Matthew Mindrup shows, the uses of physical architectural models extend beyond mere representation. An architectural model can also simulate, instruct, inspire, and generate archite…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262042758 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262042754 |
| Author: | Matthew Mindrup |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.06kg |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 25mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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About The Author
Matthew Mindrup
Matthew Mindrup is Senior Lecturer in the University of Sydney’s School of Architecture, Design, and Planning. He is the author of The Material Imagination- Reveries on Architecture and Matter.
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