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After reading some strongly positive and negative reviews, I felt that as the inventor of the 3D Home Kit, I should provide an overview. I invented the 3D Home Kit in 1983, to help homeowners construct detailed, three-dimensional, scale models of their own new home, addition and remodeling projects. The kit is based on my experience at Pratt Institute School of Architecture, from which I graduated in 1971, where I learned that constructing a model is the best way to design and visualize your building project. One of the first things I did with the prototype kit was to build a model house and compare it with a professional built model, costing hundreds of dollars; and when I saw that the kit model was similar quality, I knew that I had accomplished my goal. The 3D Home Kit was an immediate success and over two-hundred thousand have been sold. As part of its success, the kit has been used in schools to assist in teaching architectural design, as well as math, history, writing, and home economics. I have been interested in pursuing the educational use of the kit and worked ten summers developing and teaching an architecture and mathematics workshop for high school students. My students thoroughly enjoyed the kit and their work has been outstanding as they designed and built wonderful models of their own dream homes. When I worked with students, one question I had was whether to make a new "student" version of the 3D Home Kit. I spoke with several teachers who used the kit and one of them gave me the key: students are clever and quick to respond, and if you give them a professional kit they will give you their best "professional" effort, whereas if you give them a "student kit" then they will give you a typical student effort. Therefore, this is not a "student" kit. In response to input from hundreds of teachers and students, I've added to the kit step-by-step model building instructions and a design primer with extensive lessons on home design. A new worksheet includes lessons on basic home design, roof design, as well as a section on designer and builder problems and solutions. If you are purchasing the 3D Home Kit for a student under 14 years old, he or she will probably need assistance, and this presents a wonderful opportunity to work together on a terrific project. Working with the kit, you will experience firsthand some of the work and fun of being an architect. There is almost no limit to type of house you can build with this kit. For example, see the model and house photos posted by one customer. Please post your own model photos. Thank you. Based on feedback I've received from many customers, I rate the kit, five-stars.