Before the advent of 3-D computer rendering, wood model-making was a required skill for most architects and exhibition designers.  These days, hand-made models seem to be a rarity, but often it’s still the best way to understand the true mass and scale of a project.  For their project in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, The Annenberg Foundation asked Storyline Studio to build a scale model to help demonstrate the relationship of the proposed building and landscaping to the existing site.  With a steep coastal location and tricky slopes, it was a challenge, but we pulled it off — it’s now become the centerpiece of community presentations about the project.