The best is: make a few test models that have all typical features of your models. And then print them with various settings, to see the difference. Make them small enough so they don't waste endless amounts of time and material, but not too small, so the models still gets enough cooling (=without the hot nozzle sitting constant on top of the same place).
Further: print slower and cooler than standard. This will give better corners. How slow and how cool depends on the model and material, and layer-thickness, so you have to try. For PLA, try something like 25...30mm/s and 200°C, and adjust from there. Unless this would go too slow and take too much time.
Try all layer thicknesses and see which works best for your models. But 0.3mm goes 5x faster than 0.06mm. So, printing at 25mm/s and 0.06mm layers is 10x slower than 50mm/s and 0.3mm layers. Hence the need for relatively small test models.
Personally, concerning colors, I would choose nice warm light-grey colors: stone, sand, rock, and similar natural colors, instead of white. White easily gets dirty. Or use the real colors the building will get, if available. (I never understood why architectural models are so often white?)
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I was thinking something along the lines of
Profile 0.1
Infil 20%
Support: Enabled
Adhesion: Disabled
Quality Layer Height: 0.1mm
Shell Wall Thickness: 1.05mm
Wall Line Count: 3
Top Bottom Thickness: 0.8mm
Top Thickness: 0.8mm
Top Layers: 8
Bottom Thickness: 0.8mm
Bottom Layers: 8
Horizontal Expansion: 0mm
Material: Enable Retraction
Print Speed: 50mm/s
Support: Enabled
Support Placement: Everywhere
Support Overhang Angle: 50
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