White steel and mirrored halls form sci-fi themed architectural model museum in China
Wutopia Lab has used over 5,000 white steel pipes to form the structure of The Last Redoubt, China's first museum for architectural models. More
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Competition: win a book showcasing 10 projects by MAD
In our latest competition, we've teamed up with MAD Architects to give away five copies of a book outlining the studio's 10 most significant projects. More
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Paper Castles exhibition dangles architecture's future over its past
Weird and wonderful designs by architects including Zaha Hadid Architects, Madelon Vriesendorp and Sarah Wigglesworth have been installed over the more traditional models of the V&A's architecture gallery, in an exhibition for the London Festival of Architecture. More
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Matthew Simmonds explores historic architecture in stone sculptures
Doric columns, arches and vaulted ceilings are among the architectural details that Matthew Simmonds has carved from stone in these intricate sculptures. More
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12 MAD architecture models showcase the studio's wildest buildings
These twelve architectural models show off 10 of the futuristic buildings created by Beijing-based architecture studio MAD, including a floating island and a mountain range. More
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Leth & Gori builds pop-up house on staircase of OMA-designed BLOX in Copenhagen
The work of architecture studio Leth & Gori is currently on show at the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen, in a full-scale model house built on top of a staircase. More
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Renzo Piano's studio designs "imaginary island" containing 102 of the architect's projects
The Royal Academy of Arts in London is exhibiting a design for a city island, populated entirely with buildings designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. More
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Kenzo Tange's lost house is showpiece of Japan in Architecture exhibition at Mori Art Museum
A scale model of architect Kenzo Tange's now-demolished house and a full-size replica of a 16th century tea house feature in a blockbuster exhibition of Japanese architecture at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. More
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MoMA exhibits Bodys Isek Kingelez's fantastical models of African metropoles
New York's Museum of Modern Art is exhibiting the "extreme maquettes" of late Congolese sculptor Bodys Isek Kingelez, who modelled futuristic African cities with recycled cardboard, colourful paper and Coca-Cola cans. More
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Es Devlin presents BIG's The XI towers in installation triptych
British designer Es Devlin has rethought the typical residential sales gallery, using a trio of installations to promote a pair of twisting towers that architecture firm BIG has designed for New York. More
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Junya Ishigami's architectural models feature in Fondation Cartier exhibition
Twenty architectural models by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami have gone on show at Fondation Cartier in Paris. In a Dezeen exclusive, exhibition curator Isabelle Gaudefroy reveals her five highlights from the show. More
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Caruso St John, Hélène Binet and Thomas Demand collaborate on architectural models, photographs and installation
Caruso St John has teamed up with architectural photographer Hélène Binet and artist Thomas Demand for an exhibition made entirely from paper and cardboard at the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More
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SOM exhibits architecture models with stripped-away skins to reveal engineering beneath
A row of intricately detailed architectural models take centre stage at this pop-up exhibition celebrating the beauty of engineering by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, which coincides with the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More
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Architects reimagine Chicago's Tribune Tower with abstract skyscraper models
Fifteen alternative visions for the famous 1920s Tribune Tower competition are presented as giant models at the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More
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David Rockwell shares photographs of detailed theatre set models
New York architect David Rockwell's models of his flamboyant set designs for Broadway shows and movies, from Hairspray to Team America, are documented in these photographs. More
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Easy-to-assemble building kits aim to inspire new generation of architects
Architectural model kit manufacturer Arckit has launched a series of accessible three-dimensional modelling sets for aspiring and professional architects and urban planners. More
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Bureau Spectacular shows fantastical architectural models at SFMOMA
Design studio Bureau Spectacular has turned its drawings of bizarre buildings into models for an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. More
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Columbia GSAPP presents architectural models and photos in Stagecraft exhibition
Intricate models of buildings by Le Corbusier, Norman Foster, Peter Zumthor and more are going on show at New York's Columbia University, alongside photographs by James Ewing. More
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Luis Barragán's "emotional architecture" recreated in model photographs
The colours and atmosphere of buildings by legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán are captured in these realistic model photographs by American artist James Casebere, set to go on show in New York. More
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Archi-Depot Museum director picks his five favourite architectural models
Yuta Tokunaga, director of a museum dedicated to architectural models, has selected his five favourite exhibits from a collection that includes works by Kengo Kuma and Shigeru Ban. More
