Architectural models come in an extravagant variety of forms, from miniaturizations of reality mesmerizing in their exactness to wildly energetic scupltural representations. Modeling Messages explores the way architects use models to project their ideas and shows how changes in the materials and processes of model making contribute to a model's capacity for expression. The volume focuses on models, American and international, from the second half of the twentieth century within a context of the history of architectural models. Among the illustrations are inventive designs by architects Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Cesar Pelli.