Christopher Petersen often describes what he does as “building memories.” Petersen, 63, lives in Colorado but grew up in Park Ridge, in a white house on Washington Street. That house has seen some ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Mylyn Nguyen is an artist who creates scale models of buildings from around her hometown. These replicas are made out of paper and boxboard. More from Real Estate Mylyn ...

A pair of scale model structures subjected to simulated storm conditions in an lab responded like real wood-frame homes during recent hurricanes, suggesting model buildings can yield important design ...

FITCHBURG — What do you get when you combine index cards, cardboard pieces, clear plastic collar stays, lengths of copper and the foam trays from a supermarket’s meat department? Kevin Macomber is ...