Architectural Models

A model for all stages of the design process

Marketing Models

Our marketing models are typically used to showcase a building to generate preconstruction sales revenue and are often found in marketing suites and selling agents’ premises.

They are typically constructed at larger scales of 1:150 and above with a high level of detail showing brick and stonework layout, window frames, mullions, external balustrades, capping, gutters, etc. Realistic colour-matched spray finishes and textures can be applied to give a true sense of how the building will appear when completed.  External areas are detailed showing paving layouts, planters, seating, and other street furniture with soft landscaping and trees to compliment the model’s appearance.

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Masterplan Models

Masterplan models are commonly used to compliment outline and detailed planning applications, for engagement with local authorities, stakeholders, and for public consultations.

This type of model details a project in its wider urban context and is commonly constructed around 1:1000 scale. They show how large-scale developments sit within the wider built environment and how they connect back to existing infrastructure.  Buildings are usually presented in block format detailing any roof pitches with the proposed scheme presented to look subtly different from the rest of the model.

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Competition Models

Competition models can have a huge impact in helping you secure a lucrative project or contract.

They are usually a chance to experiment with materials and finishes to celebrate a project in all its glory.  Our involvement is key to helping you explore material choices that can vary from concrete to cork and everything in between.  Illumination is often used to showcase a project using a light plate underneath the model, which can be colour-changing for additional impact. Please refer to the Illumination section for further information about lighting models.

Monochrome Models

Sometimes described as white models, these models are a powerful tool to engage the viewer in the overall concept for a project and how it sits within its context. 

They are typically used to describe a building or project ahead of any decision-making about materials, colours, or textures. 

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Timber Models

We have seen a resurgence in demand for timber models over the past decade.  Natural wood grain has a unique visual and tactile appearance which works well for presenting buildings in sensitive areas, sites of significance, or showcasing historical buildings with unique architectural detailing.

Timber species have their own individual characteristics. For modelmaking, the use of lime wood is popular for massing blocks which can then have layers of veneer applied to build up the architectural content of an elevation. A variety of timber veneers are commonly used in architectural model making including birch, beech, maple, walnut, and oak.

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Sketch Models

Sketch models are an important way to capture early design ideas about a project.

Using affordable materials such as card, foam board, or paper they are quick to manufacture, appear less finished than other types of models and form the basis from which further developments can take place. 

We can work remotely with your team throughout the duration of a design session or review and capture their design thoughts in a series of physical models. Contact us to discuss your requirements.

Design Development

Our design development models are an excellent way to record creative thinking as your project goes through its design evolution.

They often start off as simple block massing models. As a design progresses, details such as façades, internal floors, building cores, and an indication of the internal wall layouts evolve in the model.

Sectional Models

Sectional models allow the viewer to imagine themselves inside a building and in some cases to observe what the views out from might look like to offer an engaging experience.

Usually constructed to around 1:50 scale they form a slice through a building to reveal the internal details such as floors, columns, stairs, atria, and cores. Section lines usually work well in a vertical plane but much depends on what the model is revealing about the design or building. 

Façade Models

Façade models are a great way to describe and detail building elevations. They are often made in materials that will communicate what the final building elevation will look like when constructed.

Models with fully glazed facades can reveal how the floor plate is structured behind the glazing with some notion of the internal wall layouts. Other types of façade models will consist of solid blocks with layers of materials applied over to articulate the architectural content of an elevation, such as setbacks to the glazing level.

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Interior Models

This type of model allows the viewer to experience how the interior design, fittings, finishes, and furniture might appear when the building is completed.

They are often rich with colours and textures and animated with figures to give as true an indication of the finished interior as possible.

Topographical Models

These models can be invaluable when working on projects in areas with challenging or remote terrain, where it is difficult to understand land conditions, or where a site boundary is spread out over a large area. Used at all stages of the design process they usually have an impressive visual presence.