Souvenir Building Network Introduces Custom Architectural Miniatures
The Souvenir Building Network (www.souvenirbuildings.com) introduced today a new one-stop shopping service for the production of custom-made architectural miniatures.
Nellysford, VA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) June 9, 2005 -- The Souvenir Building Network (www.souvenirbuildings.com) introduced today a new one-stop
shopping service for the production of architectural miniatures. Drawing on an
exclusive, worldwide network of skilled manufacturers, the SBN will obtain
comparative estimates for a custom-made replica and handle all production
details from design to final shipment.
For the first time, architects,
real estate developers, museums, historical attractions and corporations can
quickly and easily order custom made replicas of their properties, secure in the
knowledge that it will match their needs and pocketbooks. Souvenir building
collectors can turn to the SBN online catalog to find miniature buildings and
monuments for their collections.
The Souvenir Building Network began
selling three-dimensional metal replicas of famous buildings and monuments to
collectors in 1994. Over the years it has developed a network of skilled
manufacturers of souvenir buildings in the United States, Russia, China, Spain
and Italy. The manufacturers include large companies, boutique operations and
individual artisans. They work in pot metal, pewter, zinc, cold cast metal,
crystal, polyurethane and polyresin.
The services of the SBN have been
used by a variety of clients, including architects, real estate developers,
banks, museums and city fathers who needed a special souvenir to mark an event.
Clients include the LPA Architects of Irvine, CA; the Macklowe Organization and
Deutsche Bank of New York City; the Dollar Savings Bank of Pittsburgh; the
Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and the city of Petersburg,
VA.
To produce a souvenir building or architectural miniature, a designer
uses photographs, drawings or architectural elevations of the actual building to
make a scale model or pattern. Once the customer has approved the model, it is
used to make a casting mold. This mold can then produce dozens, hundreds or even
thousands of replicas.
Pricing is generally quoted as the model/mold
cost and the unit production cost. Model/mold costs typically range from $600 to
$6,000; unit production costs range from $1 to $200 and up. Prices depend on the
architectural details and complexity of the original, as well as the size,
quantity and materials used for the miniature.
A souvenir building can be
as small as a silver bracelet charm, or as large as a 12” high
skyscraper.
For more information, please visit www.souvenirbuildings.com.
Contact:
Dixie
Trainer
Tel: 434-361-1583
Fax: 434-361-9151
E-mail: e-mail protected
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