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It takes Ubl Design Group several weeks to make display models of buildings. With a 3-D printer they could do it in a day.

Some local architects are considering using 3-D printed models as a new way to showcase designs to clients.

The printers have made it possible to make functional 3-D objects from car parts to medical supplies by printing them out. Besides the automotive and medical industries, the technology also is being used in aerospace, manufacturing and by the military.

A designer can make a digital 3-D model using design software and send the model to the printer. The material is selected and the printer releases thin layers of the material upon each other to make the object.

Many of the printers, including those made by Minnesota-based Stratasys, can print more than 100 materials to create objects out of rubber, hard plastics, polyurthane and more.

Jeff Ubl of Ubl Design Group said his company was approached about the technology several years ago. The marketer was originally catering to manufacturers. Ubl did not get involved with the technology at the time but said now he would definitely consider it. The issues would be price.

For it to be really valuable to us it would have to be something inexpensive, he said.

These printers are starting to become more accessible, said Eric Johnson, design visualization specialist for JLG Architects. He said the price range varies by how much you need a printer to do: You can spend anywhere from $15,000 to $150,000.

Johnson said JLG has been using 3-D design software for 20 years and the company is looking into getting a printer in the near future. He said being able to use the printer to make models would be a substantial benefit to the company.

For clients its tremendous, he said. Its a great way for them to move around the model.

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This model image, provided by Eisenhower Memorial Commission, shows the proposed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial to be built in Washington. The family of Dwight D. Eisenhower responds to Frank Gehrys design changes to the Eisenhower Memorial but still voices objections to elements of design.

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WASHINGTON An effort in Congress to eliminate funding and scrap the proposed design for a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower drew strong opposition Friday from the American Institute of Architects, which said lawmakers should not censor an architectural work.

Earlier in the week, Utah Rep. Rob Bishop introduced legislation calling for a new design competition for the memorial, citing objections to the current design from Ike's family and the project's cost. Bishop seeks to eliminate $100 million in future funding for the current design by architect Frank Gehry.

The famous architect whose designs include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has proposed a memorial park for Eisenhower. It would include statues of the president and World War II hero, framed by large metal tapestries depicting images of Ike's boyhood home in Kansas. The tapestries, held up by 80-foot-tall columns, would be a first among Washington's memorials and have drawn objections.

Members of Eisenhower's family have called Gehry's design too extravagant. Others have bemoaned its avant-garde approach with the tapestries. The memorial is projected to cost $142 million, and millions of federal dollars have already been spent in choosing an architect and hiring Gehry.

The American Institute of Architects, representing 83,000 members, said Friday that it will "vigorously oppose" Bishop's legislation mandating an alternate design, saying it would circumvent the yearslong process already completed.

"Representative Bishop's legislation allows Congress to exercise governmental authority in a wholly arbitrary manner that negates the stated selection process," said the association's CEO, Robert Ivy. "It is nothing more than an effort to intimidate the innovative thinking for which our profession is recognized at home and around the globe."

Ivy said the architects' association is not passing judgment on whether Gehry's design for the Eisenhower Memorial is good or bad.

In the past, when Ivy was editor-in-chief of Architectural Record magazine, he served on a design panel for the U.S. General Services Administration to advise on the selection of an architect for the memorial.

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An effort in Congress to eliminate funding and scrap the proposed design for a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower drew strong opposition Friday from the American Institute of Architects, which said lawmakers should not censor an architectural work.

Earlier in the week, Utah Rep. Rob Bishop introduced legislation calling for a new design competition for the memorial, citing objections to the current design from Ikes family and the projects cost. Bishop seeks to eliminate $100 million in future funding for the current design by architect Frank Gehry.

The famous architect whose designs include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has proposed a memorial park for Eisenhower. It would include statues of the president and World War II hero, framed by large metal tapestries depicting images of Ikes boyhood home in Kansas. The tapestries, held up by 80-foot-tall columns, would be a first among Washingtons memorials and have drawn objections.

Members of Eisenhowers family have called Gehrys design too extravagant. Others have bemoaned its avant-garde approach with the tapestries. The memorial is projected to cost $142 million, and millions of federal dollars have already been spent in choosing an architect and hiring Gehry.

The American Institute of Architects, representing 83,000 members, said Friday that it will vigorously oppose Bishops legislation mandating an alternate design, saying it would circumvent the yearslong process already completed.

Representative Bishops legislation allows Congress to exercise governmental authority in a wholly arbitrary manner that negates the stated selection process, said the associations CEO, Robert Ivy. It is nothing more than an effort to intimidate the innovative thinking for which our profession is recognized at home and around the globe.

Ivy said the architects association is not passing judgment on whether Gehrys design for the Eisenhower Memorial is good or bad.

In the past, when Ivy was editor-in-chief of Architectural Record magazine, he served on a design panel for the U.S. General Services Administration to advise on the selection of an architect for the memorial.

Bishop has said lawmakers need to re-evaluate the project in hopes of finding consensus on a design. His legislation also would provide a three-year extension of Congressional approval to use a planned site for the memorial at the base of Capitol Hill near the National Air and Space Museum.

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Architects oppose bill to alter Frank Gehry's proposed memorial to Eisenhower

WASHINGTON - An effort in Congress to eliminate funding and scrap the proposed design for a national memorial honouring President Dwight D. Eisenhower drew strong opposition Friday from the American Institute of Architects, which said lawmakers should not censor an architectural work.