{"id":5269,"date":"2026-03-25T11:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:39:09","slug":"explore-a-growing-city-of-meticulously-crafted-miniature-paper-buildings-by-charles-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=5269","title":{"rendered":"Explore a Growing City of Meticulously Crafted Miniature Paper Buildings by Charles Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-6.jpg\" alt=\"Explore a Growing City of Meticulously Crafted Miniature Paper Buildings by Charles Young\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From factories and barrel-roofed buildings to gabled churches and towers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperholm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charles Young<\/a>\u2019s sprawling yet diminutive city of paper models continues to grow. Known for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/charles-young\">miniature constructions<\/a> and animations that often double as three-dimensional color studies, the sculptor and animator highlights a wide range of architectural styles with an emphasis on color pairings.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2020, Young has been making hundreds of miniature structures inspired by <em>A Dictionary of Color Combinations<\/em> by Japanese costume designer and painter <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanzo_Wada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sanzo Wada<\/a> (1883-1967). (There\u2019s even a fun, <a href=\"https:\/\/sanzo-wada.dmbk.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interactive website<\/a> based on the book.) So far, Young has completed 258 buildings from the first volume, which focuses on two-color combinations, and there are 90 to go. But he\u2019s created a wide array of examples featuring multiple color combinations, too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-12.gif\" alt=\"A gif of a colorful miniature garage made of paper with a green car rolling out of it\" class=\"wp-image-471851\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In June, Young will display 120 three-color paper sculptures at <a href=\"https:\/\/kunstareal.de\/en\/buildings-and-institutions\/galleries-and-offspaces\/galerie-handwerk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Galerie Handwerk<\/a> in Munich. And in addition to the paper models, he also creates architecturally inspired sculptures from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperholm.com\/work\/cane-weaving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wood and woven cane<\/a>, some of which are currently on display in Scotland at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkcudbrightgalleries.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kirkcudbright Galleries<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themaclaurin.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MacLaurin Gallery<\/a>. See more on Young\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paperholm_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/paperholm.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-5.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful miniature paper model of a building by Charles Young\" class=\"wp-image-471846\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-2.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful miniature paper model of a building by Charles Young\" class=\"wp-image-471843\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-7.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful miniature paper models of buildings by Charles Young\" class=\"wp-image-471848\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-1.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful miniature paper model of a building by Charles Young\" class=\"wp-image-471842\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-4.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful miniature paper model of a building by Charles Young\" class=\"wp-image-471845\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-9.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful miniature paper models of buildings by Charles Young\" class=\"wp-image-471839\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-3.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful miniature paper model of a building by Charles Young\" class=\"wp-image-471844\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-11.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful miniature paper model of a building by Charles Young\" class=\"wp-image-471841\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/young-8.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful miniature paper models of buildings by Charles Young\" class=\"wp-image-471849\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/03\/charles-young-paper-miniature-architecture-models-sculptures\/\">Explore a Growing City of Meticulously Crafted Miniature Paper Buildings by Charles Young<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From factories and barrel-roofed buildings to gabled churches and towers, Charles Young\u2019s sprawling yet diminutive city of paper models continues to grow. 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