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BUILDING A SKY-HIGH CASE FOR 3D PRINTING
After building designs have been conceptualized and before ground is broken, real estate developers often transform their two-dimensional blueprints into three-dimensional scale models.
For Toronto-based architectural modeling firm, Peter McCann Architectural Models Inc. (PMAMI), replicating some of the world’s tallest and most notable buildings on a one-hundredth scale prior to construction is all in a day’s work.
From balsa wood and knives to rapid prototyping, the tools used to create such intricate models have come a long way in the firm’s thirty-year history. Can you imagine carving an Abu Dhabi edifice model eight feet in diameter out of balsa wood?
