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Architectural model makers in Madrid: bespoke models from our own workshop
We're architectural model makers in Madrid, building physical scale models for architecture practices, property developers, museums and exhibitors. Brief us in English, review the model in person at our workshop and have it installed anywhere in the city, or packed for delivery across Spain and, on request, to the UK and the rest of Europe.
- Briefs, calls and reviews in English
- Workshop visits and collection by appointment
- Delivery and installation across Madrid
- Replies within 1–2 working days
01Why build it in Madrid
Architectural model makers in Madrid for international teams
Is your practice or development team based in London, Dublin, Amsterdam or the Middle East, with a project in Spain? Working with architectural model makers in Madrid means a fragile model doesn't have to cross a continent in a crate. You can fly in for a review, check the finish with your own eyes and find the model waiting, installed, in the site office, the marketing suite or the exhibition hall.
We also work with English-speaking architects and project managers based in Madrid who'd rather brief their model maker in their own language.
Our bespoke architectural models are built from your drawings or 3D files with laser cutting, CNC milling and 3D printing, then assembled and finished by hand. We make bespoke models for developers, industry, museums and exhibitions too. Model making has deep roots here: the Museum of the History of Madrid still displays the model of the city that León Gil de Palacio completed in 1830.
- In-person reviews before the model is finished
- Crating for the UK and Europe on request
- Prices in euros, quoted excluding VAT
02Visits and collection
Our model making workshop in Madrid
Visits are by appointment, so your model, material samples and drawings are on the bench when you arrive and we can go through scale, finishes and lighting together. Prefer to take the model yourself? Collection is by appointment too.
We deliver and install across the city and the surrounding area. Further afield, every model travels in packaging built to fit, with a wooden crate for large pieces, and we can install it on site in other cities on request.
Service area
- Madrid city
- Alcobendas
- San Sebastián de los Reyes
- Pozuelo de Alarcón
- Las Rozas
- Majadahonda
- Boadilla del Monte
- Tres Cantos
- Getafe
- Leganés
- Alcorcón
- Móstoles
- Alcalá de Henares
- Torrejón de Ardoz
- Rivas-Vaciamadrid
- Address
- Maquetéalo · Madrid, Spain
- Studio visits by appointment
- hola@maquetealo.com
03Services in Madrid
What a local workshop gives you
Being nearby isn't only about saving on delivery. It means settling in one visit what would otherwise take a week of emails.
04Sectors
One workshop for every kind of project
Practices, developers, industry, museums and exhibitors: choose a sector to see model types, scales and lead times.
Architectural models
Massing, competition and presentation models for practices, hand-delivered when the competition or the client is in Madrid.
Real estate scale models
Landscaped, lit development models for marketing suites and show flats, installed on site.
Industrial models
Plants, machinery and infrastructure, modelled for investors, tenders and training.
Museum models
Historical reconstructions and tactile models for permanent display, installed in the gallery.
Exhibition models
Stand models and product replicas delivered to the exhibition hall and set up before the doors open.
05Working with us from abroad
Commissioning a model from outside Spain
Hiring architectural model makers in Spain from London or Dublin is simpler than it sounds: we plan crating, transport and installation from the first quote, not the week the model is finished.
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Brief in English
By email or video call, with drawings or your 3D model, the scale, the deadline and the delivery address.
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Reply within 1–2 working days
Price, lead time and materials, with crating, transport and installation itemised.
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Build and review
We prepare the fabrication files and confirm any unclear dimensions with you. Then visit by appointment, or follow the build through progress photos.
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Crating and delivery
Packed to fit, with a wooden crate for large pieces, then installed by us in Madrid or, on request, at your venue abroad.
06Projects
Architectural models made in Madrid
Competition, massing and development models, each with its scale, base size and lead time.
- 1:500ArchitectureSample
Architectural competition model of a tower at 1:500
A white massing model for an architectural design competition, showing a tower and its urban context at 1:500 on the base size set by the competition rules.
- 1:3003D printingSample
3D printed massing model at 1:300
A 1:300 massing model of a building with a curved roof, 3D printed with two interchangeable design options on a single base.
- 1:150Real estateSample
Residential development model with lighting by unit
A 1:150 sales model for a new-build scheme's marketing suite, with every flat lit individually from a tablet.
07FAQs
Questions from clients in Madrid and abroad
Yes, by appointment. Come and see material samples before you commit, check the model during the build, or collect it on the agreed day, packed and ready to travel. For large or fragile pieces we'd recommend letting us deliver and install it instead: it's safer than carrying a finished model across the city yourself.
Yes. You can brief us, send comments and approve drawings in English, and we quote in English too, in euros and excluding VAT. If Spanish-speaking site teams, exhibition organisers or museum staff need to be involved, we deal with them directly, so nothing gets lost in translation.
Yes. We deliver and install at IFEMA and other exhibition venues, as well as museums, offices and marketing suites across Madrid and the surrounding area. We agree access, unloading and set-up times with the venue or your stand builder, and leave the model in place and checked, lighting included, before the doors open. For stand projects, see our exhibition models.
Yes, on request and quoted per project. We ship across Spain as standard, and send models to the UK, Ireland and the rest of Europe in packaging built around each piece, with wooden crates for large ones. The quote covers crating, transport and, if you need it, installation on site. Before we start, we confirm the full timeline, delivery included.
It depends on the model. A white massing or competition model can be ready in as little as 3–5 working days; a detailed presentation model needs 2–4 weeks, and large-format pieces for developers, museums or industry 4–10 weeks. For a Madrid venue there's no transit time to add, which often makes the difference on a competition or trade fair deadline.
Delivery and installation are itemised in your quote, priced on the size of the model and access to the venue; if you collect it from the workshop, there's nothing to add. As for the model itself, a massing or competition model starts from €450 and a presentation model is typically €1,500–€6,000 (excl. VAT). Our full price guide covers every type of model.
Got a project in Madrid or anywhere in Spain?
Send us your drawings, your deadline and the address where the model will be shown, or book a workshop visit to talk it through. You'll get price, lead time and delivery costs within 1–2 working days.
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