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Cardboard modeling or cardboard engineering is a form of modelling with paper, card stock, paperboard, and corrugated fiberboard. [1] The term cardboard engineering is sometimes used to differentiate from the craft of making decorative cards. It is often referred to as paper modelling although in practice card is generally used.
The castle was designed by Ignác Alpár and built in 1896 [1] as part of the Millennial Exhibition, which celebrated the 1,000 years of Hungary since the Hungarian Conquest of the Carpathian Basin in 895. Originally, it was made from cardboard and wood, but it became so popular that it was rebuilt from stone and brick between 1904 and 1908.
The Z-plan castle has a strong central rectangular tower with smaller towers attached at diagonally opposite corners. [ 1 ] Prominent examples of the Z-plan include Brodie Castle in Moray , Castle Menzies in Perthshire , [ 2 ] Glenbuchat Castle in Aberdeenshire , [ 3 ] Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire, Claypotts Castle in Dundee [ 4 ] and Hatton ...
Guédelon Castle (French: Château de Guédelon [ʃɑto d(ə) ɡedlɔ̃]) is a castle currently under construction near Treigny, France.The castle is the focus of an experimental archaeology project aimed at recreating a 13th-century castle and its environment using period techniques, dress, and materials.
Wendell Castle (November 6, 1932 – January 20, 2018) was an American sculptor and furniture maker and an important figure in late 20th century American craft. [3] He has been referred to as the "father of the art furniture movement" [ 4 ] and included in the "Big 4" of modern woodworking with Wharton Esherick , George Nakashima , and Sam Maloof .
The Astolat Dollhouse Castle was acquired by collector L. Freeman in 1996 and moved to the Nassau County Museum of Art. [18] Freeman is an avid collector of dollhouses and since her acquisition of the Astolat Dollhouse Castle she has continually upgraded its interiors with additional one-of-a-kind antique miniatures, tiny antique furniture, and paintings in addition to those that already ...
After 1941, plans were developed to enlarge it to be the so-called "Centre of the World". [2] In 1950, the castle reopened as a museum and youth hostel. (The youth hostel is one of the largest in Germany.) [citation needed] The castle today hosts the Historical Museum of the Prince Bishopric of Paderborn and the Wewelsburg 1933–1945 Memorial ...
Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century. The keep of the castle is mostly intact and is the largest example of its kind anywhere in Europe, due to its being built on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius .