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In business for over 20 years, we are one of the largest exhibit and architectural model making firms in the Midwest.  Our team is trained in architecture, product design, painting and sculpture, computer science and law.   Models and exhibits are fabricated with our laser cutters, large format printers, high-definition 3-d printers and computerized milling machine.  Our service capabilities include 3-d milling of topographic models, 3-d printing from 3-d cad drawings and laser cutting from 2-d cad drawings.  We provide these services to architects, engineers and other experts.  Columbian Model & Exhibit Works, Ltd.  is certified as a women’s business enterprise through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the US.


We consistently manage and produce quality models and exhibits for satisfied customers within budget and on schedule. (See References)  Our key personnel are experienced, smart, creative, competent and reliable.   With over 150 years of combined experience in the model making and exhibit fabrication we work with professionals in a wide variety of industries including architects, engineers, graphic designers, exhibitors, attorneys, artists, real estate developers, product designers, furniture designers and fabricators, exhibit designers and fabricators, museums exhibitors and independent contractors in several trades. Our national client base includes senior living specialists, real estate developers, large corporations, museums, foundations and attorneys.

We were hired by the Chicago Architectural Foundation as the Model Designer/Coordinator to provide design and coordination services for a scale model of a major portion of the City of Chicago currently on exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Foundation.    On the portion of our website devoted to the City of Chicago Model  you can see information about the process, assembly and installation. (Includes video of TV coverage, actual fabrication process and our installation)