How it’s made: From model to guide

From model to finished scene.

Everything in a guide starts as a model of its own. Then come the materials, the light and the life. Slide to see one under the other.

A phone shop on the High Street, finished in its colours, with the shop fittings showing through the windowThe same view as a plain white model
A shopfrontEvery building is modelled by us, down to the window frames, the shop fittings and the sign.
A street tree on a wide pavement, with people walking past a shopThe same view as a plain white model
A treeTrees, lamps, benches and bollards, placed along the street the way a planner would.
People at the café tables and walking past the terrace outside the cinemaThe same view as a plain white model
PeoplePeople who walk, sit and stop to talk, each dressed differently, so the street feels alive.
The High Street from above: the cinema, shops and café tables, with people walking

Now walk round the finished thing.

Every model on this page is part of a live guide you can explore.