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Gingerbread City: Hyper-Detailed Edible Replica of New York Built to Scale

It’s not unusual for architecture enthusiasts to drool over elaborate scale models, but edible materials definitely add an extra dimension to our hunger for accurate miniature details. More ...

Inside Blade Runner 2049: Miniature Sets of Los Angeles by Weta Workshop

When catching a contemporary Hollywood movie like ‘Blade Runner 2049’ at the theater, it’s easy to assume nearly everything we see is CGI, but a new video from the famed Weta Workshop gives ...

Architecture in Miniature: 13 Modern Dollhouse & Other Tiny Buildings

Fit for the most discerning fans of modern architecture, these dollhouses and other miniature architectural creations feature tiny moving parts, high-end designer furniture, swimming pools, ...

Grime in 1:20 Scale: Gritty Dollhouse-Sized Urban Architectural Models

The kind of graffiti-covered, poster-plastered, weathered and visibly aging architecture that once characterized many big cities and has now largely been demolished is recreated in miniature by ...

Brutal East: New Scale Models of Brutalist Architecture Made of Paper

Hold the most iconic and imposing of Eastern Europe’s Brutalist architecture in the palm of your hand with this new set of paper miniatures by Zupagrafika. The design studio presents ‘Brutal ...

Worlds Under Glass: 33 Miniature Cities & Architectural Sculptures

Sheltered by glass vessels like tiny self-contained biomes, these miniature buildings and cities seem to have their own atmospheres and variable gravity, with houses teetering on the edges of ...

Not Your Average Model Train: Self-Propelled Mechanical Toys

There are no batteries or power cords needed to propel this steam train and a series of other mechanical models, which come in kits of laser-cut plywood so you can assemble them yourself. UGEARS ...

Real Life Sim City: 3D Printers Turn Virtual to Reality

Remember SimCity 2000? It was so easy to waste hours and hours planning and building cities, then watching disasters befall the unfortunate citizens. But the problem was always that you had to ...

City of Sounds: Scale Model Plays Urban Soundtrack

It has been said that every city makes its own unique music, though that "music" is more like a discordant jumble of various urban noises. What would it sound like if a city really could make ...

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