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Convincing the client

You鈥檒l know from our series of articles on the use of how the client was persuaded to use the technology both to build and operate the building when it was shown how much time it could save.

Convincing the client is really the starting point of all building. But no amount of 3D modelling and BIM wizardry will have quite the same immediacy and selling power as an architectural model. On 29 April 1977 黑洞社区 carried a piece showing the models of modelmaker Leslie Yeo who worked for the GLC鈥檚 department of architecture for 30 years.

One of the 鈥渦nbuilt鈥� examples is a model of Parliament Square with a proposed new government office building at Broad Sanctuary and Denys Lasdun鈥檚 proposed RICS building close by. The government block compares so badly with Lasdun鈥檚 elegant RICS building, the article says, that 鈥渋t鈥檚 a wonder the scheme survived even half a glance at the model鈥�.

It goes on to marvel at how modelmaking techniques have changed to accommodate new materials and ideas. 鈥淪ponge trees have been superceded by trees made of strands of wire soldered together,鈥� it enthuses, as if the former belonged to the makeshift world of Blue Peter, whereas wire soldered together was wondrous cutting edge technology.

To read the full article from 29 April 1977, go to www.building.co.uk/archive