ARCHITECTURAL MODELS

Author: Ansgar Oswald
Pages: 300
Format: 225 x 280 mm
ISBN: 978-84-89861-53-4
Price:
Ref.: 184

Sinopsis, books about architectural model-making as a discipline of its own are few and far between. The present publication therefore presents detailed portaits of around twenty model-making workshops in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, providing ready reference and giving architects easy access to information about modern methods of architectural model-making. The changes affecting the model-making profession in the age of computer-aided design are discussed and, in an introductory essay by writer and historian Ansgas Oswald, the role this centuries-old craft played in the context of European architecture from the Renaissance to the present day is portrayed. The book speaks up for architectural model-making as an indispensable stage in the design process and an expenssive means of decision-making.

Ansgar Oswald, born 1960, historian and journalist, trained as a technical draughtsman in mechanical engineering and studied history, theology and German studies at the Katholische Universität Eicjstätt-Ingolstadt. He worked in a research project sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungs¬gemeinschaft and has been writing on urgan development for various newspapers and journals since 1994. Ansgar Oswald established his own public relations agency in 2004.