Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen designed the Gateway Arch monument, completed in St. Louis in 1965 (it opened to the public in 1967). The world's largest arch, the iconic, 632-foot tall structure was built as a monument to westward expansion in the United States. Here, he's shown alongside models of the arch. Credit: Yale University Library, Manuscripts and Archives; © St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Cubicco, a pre-engineered housing company based in Miami and the Netherlands, creates homes that are designed to meet winds of up to 180 miles per hour, per the hurricane zone code of Miami Dade County.

A model of the Aero House, by architect Tadashi Murai.

Gensler's Constellation of Fins speaks to the surfing condition on several planes: the physical aspect of how waves address the bathymetry of the Bay, a snapshot of wave-riding cultural hotspots, and the navigational equipment that is defined by them.

Building on her sensual flare for lighting design, Campbell’s vision for Das Haus’s gentle light will include string lighting in collaboration with Kvadrat, who will tailor print textile envelopes for the lamps. “There will be giant chains of light,” beams Campbell.

Model of the center's floorplan.

Calling all space nerds: A+R's Pop-up shop will include London- and Hong Kong–based Papafoxtrot's spacecraft models.

The prefab office is perfectly suited for the rugged, remote site and integrates seamlessly into the backyard.

A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons, Architects. Fairhaven Tract Eichler Homes Model LJ-124, Orange, California, 1961. Photograph by Jason Schmidt, 2012. Courtesy Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

Zoë plays with a model in the office.

Norwegian architect Marianne Borge.

Through their jewelry and accessories brand ACME Studio, Lesley Bailey and Adrian Olabuenaga collaborated with Ettore Sottsass, as well as many of the other principals of the Memphis movement, starting in the 1980s. When they purchased this property by the sea in Maui, they reached out to Sottsass to see if he would consider designing a home on it.

Lesley recounts their first meeting with Sottsass as clients: "We had worked with Ettore since the conception of our company. Adrian sent him a fax and said what he wanted to do. He said, 'When am I coming?'" "That was in 1989 that we asked him and he turned up with a model and this little bag. [At the airport in] Maui at that point, you had to walk across the tarmac. He comes up with this little bag, he gives it to Adrian, he says, 'Be very careful. That is your house.'"

The home's plans went through years of eclectic redesigns.

The only grouping of Frank Lloyd Wright's early American System-Built Homes—built by Arthur Richards and designed with standardized components for mass appeal to moderate-income families—is situated in the Burnham Park neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The four model 7A duplexes, one model B1 bungalow (shown here), and model C3 bungalow were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

A playful array of models and materials in the studio.

This is the painted model of Broadacre City, showing the amount of undeveloped land between residences. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York).

Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Broadacre City Model as an example of low-density development over a large area. It toured the country for several years in the 1930s and provides a counterpoint to his skyscrapers. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York). Photo by Roy E. Petersen.

One of the goals of the new building was for it to be an example for the students of each of the three disciplines. For the urban planning students, the task was accomplished by appropriately inserting the building into the "urban configuration of campus," says Robert Livesey, a professor and the school's director during the building's design and construction.

A model by Skidmore, Owings & Merril shows San Francisco in three dimensions. "At the exhibit opening it was fascinating to see how engaged people became while taking a close look at all the buildings in San Francisco," says Arieff. "The three dimensionality provides a level of understanding that is hard to replace."

A model of a one-room cabin.

Homes completed in the Biloxi Model Home program include work by (clockwise from top left): Huff & Gooden Architects, Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, Marlon Blackwell Architect, and Brett Zamore Design.

The Axiom 2340 model features a deck space off the great room and light-filled, high-ceilinged living spaces.

A look at the interior of the Axiom 2340.

One of the main features of the Axiom 2450 model is a porch that's enclosed by a 12-foot rectractable glass wall.

The Axiom 2790, ideal for sites oriented toward one direction, features a covered terrace.

Most units come with one interior light, one exterior light and two outlets. More can be added.

Model Art Pavilion by Gluckman Tang Having designed galleries for powerhouse art dealers like Larry Gagosian and Mary Boone, the New York–based firm unveiled a clean-cut white cube, the kind of space ideally suited for hanging paintings with no aesthetic distractions.

From Japan’s Pavilion: Toyo Ito brings together three young Japanese architects (Kumiko Inui, Sou Fujimoto and Akihisa Hirata) to collaborate in the design a "Home-for-All" for people who lost everything in the city of Rikuzentakata because of the tsunami of 2011 in the north of Japan. Golden winning Lion for the Best National Participation, the project exudes humanity, is one of the clearest examples of real collaboration in the design process of a home. The result transcends disaster relief architecture and gives a glimpse of what could become an architecture that embodies the desires, user daily habits and a particular comprehension of the inner logic of a place through a professional method that is willing to dilute their personality and authorship to a minimum. A future and promising path for architecture.

"Model Room," Olafur Eliasson, 2003. A collaboration with Einar Thorsteinn, this display showcases a vivid landscape of models and prototypes at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin.

The 25 models were built for the exhibit. Photo by Pat McElnea. Images provided courtesy The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive of The Cooper Union.

No room for a surround sound entertainment system? No problem. Roughly the size of an eyeglass case, the Geneva Sound System Model XS, flips open to reveal stereo speakers, a woofer, digital amplifiers, a radio tuner, and an alarm clock. Completely portable, it can run for 5 hours on a single charge and connect to any audio device wirelessly via Bluetooth or with the included line-in cable.

Model 1 Preamplifer by Saul Marantz, 1954

Förster named this chair the Antelope because “it looks almost like it’s going to jump or run.” Designed for Swedese in 2010, it’s made of ash wood with a fabric or leather seat. At one point while working on the model, she wanted to change the angle of the back. “I just taped it down—very simple.” Don't miss a word of Dwell! Download our FREE app from iTunes, friend us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter!