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A Modernist icon, Le Corbusier's buildings and theories have influenced structures across the world. Using the art of kirigami (cutting and folding) ten of his most important works are yours to re-create at home. Each pull-out template includes step-by-step instructions, alongside a photo of the...
£5.00
A traditional wooden carpenter's pencil with the addition of a handy inbuilt spirit level. Wooden pencil with built in spirit level.Measures 17.5 x 1.5 x 0.7cm.
£14.99
Pivotal developments in building design are presented in a loosely chronological journey across the formation of the sophisticated and varied nature of architecture today. Entertainingly written by an expert on architecture, it provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip...
£4.99
Celebrate women working and achieving in STEM with this brilliant pin. Part of our Badges of Honour range. Enameled blue metal badge. Measures approx 3 cm long.
£17.99
Repeat patterns are seen almost everywhere today and are used across all continents and cultures. Exploring patterns is integral to the history of design, to understand their structure as well as their intrinsic beauty. This book demonstrates how all repeat pattern-making comes out of four simple operations: translation,...
£14.99
The Grammar of Ornament was an extraordinary publication; 112 colour plates showing examples of decorative styles throughout history and the world, from Byzantine to Celtic to Moorish. Groundbreaking when it was published in 1856, it was intended to inspire and improve modern decoration by showing...
£13.99
These novelty cufflinks each contain an actual spirit level. Practical, quirky and stylish, these are the perfect accessory. These cufflinks come in a gift box.
£14.95
Cut your cheese to perfection using this chopping board. The bamboo board has precise degree portions engraved on, as well as defined sizes for 'chunk', 'sliver', 'slice', 'hunk' and 'slab' for those who really like to know exactly what they're doing. Made from bamboo.Measurements: 17.5cm...
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One of 38 designs for a kit home featured in the brochure Popular Small Homes (1941), marketed by the JH Patterson Co. lumber yard, Illinois. Plans for these ‘ready-cut houses’ came in numerous styles, including Bungalow, English Cottage, Colonial Revival, Prairie School and Storybook, offering...
£16.99
During the 19th Century Edwin Deakin had made himself into a popular painter of uniquely Californian landscapes and buildings, and when the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opened he was very taken with Bernard Maybeck’s Palace of Fine Arts, painting several times after the close of...
£14.95
This architecture activity book includes fun ways in order to learn about architecture. Using its beautiful and elegant drawings, it poses all manner of architectural challenges for the user: from designing your own skyscraper, to drawing an island house or creating a Constructivist monument, plus...
£10.99
Find out about 13 of the men and women responsible for famous buildings around the world, including Brunelleschi, Palladio, Wren, Gaudi, Hadid and more. This book includes timelines, quizzes, interesting facts, drawings and photographs and is a great introduction. Hardback, 48 pages.Suitable for ages 7...
£9.99
For all those young creative architects this book holds 40 exciting architecture and design products and activities. From drafting and doodling to building and blueprints this book holds many inspiring ideas. Measurements: 22.9 cm x 1 cm x 27.7 cm.Paperbacks 96 pages.Ages 8 - 12...
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This architectural activity book includes 75 architectural challenges - designing your own buildings, parks or even cities, using the spaces left in the illustrations. This book uses drawing and painting in order to teach a whole range of significant issues, for example light, or the...
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This poster shows parts of all the world's capital cities, each with its own unique street pattern. Designed in Tallinn, Estonia. Poster size: 61 x 91.4 cm | 24” x 36” 196 sticker dots included to mark your travels Sustainably sourced high-quality paper Shipped in...
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This double-sided 500-piece jigsaw features the iconic building of the world-famous Guggenheim museum in New York City, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest works. The jigsaw has a striking photograph of the Guggenheim exterior on one side and Wright’s blueprints to build the museum on...
£33.00
This striking serving bowl from the DOIY 'Hestia' series is designed to resemble an ancient Roman amphitheate, an oval or circular open-air venue with seating tiers that surrounded the central performance area, used for entertainment, performances, and sports. Manufactured from terracotta and glazed with an...
£16.99
Doors: gateways, portals, the original liminal place, signs of safety and also welcome. This array of colourful images of doors from homes, churches, cabins and more makes an excellent jigsaw. Puzzle measures 67.5 x 44.1 cm when completeBox measures 40 x 26 x 6 cm
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A colourful compendium from the Princeton Architectural Press, featuring thoughts from more than 100 of history's leading design minds. Paired like guests at a dinner party, these quotations convey a remarkable range of opinions. Alternately wise and amusing, this gem of a collection will inspire...
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A condiment set made of rubberised soft touch plastic to give an urban edge to your dining. Salt and pepper shakers form the factory chimneys and the neighbouring buildings house a two-compartment tray perfect for spices or salt crystals. Dishwasher safe Measures 11cm x 8cm...
£24.99
This intriguing volume is a guide, directory and puzzle book all in one, with specially commissioned illustrations from Thibaud Hérem of 60 real and imaginary mazes from around the world. With a short history and birds eye view of each maze covered and including mazes...
£35.00
Le Corbusier, revered for his beautiful and uncompromisingly modern buildings, also invented the Modulor measuring system based on the proportions of the human body. This 4cm wide flexible measure is a facsimile of Le Corbusier's own, which he carried with him in a metal film...
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Adapted from an illustration by Joseph Gwilt showing the classical orders, from William Chambers' 1862 A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture. Printed on acid free paper.Measurements: 17 cm x 12 cm.Comes with 120gsm recycled envelope.Blank inside.
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In this unique and exquisite little book, Horning examines basic shelters from all around the world: mud-brick adobe structures, nomads' tents, travellers' quick fixes, timber frame buidlings, and more modern solutions, including strawbale designs and geodesic domes. Find out the difference between a yurt and a...
£2.95
The US patent application, filed in July 1958, for Lego bricks. Since then, 400 billion blocks have been made! Printed on acid free paper.Measurements: 17 cm x 12 cm.Comes with 120gsm recycled envelope.Blank inside.
£5.00
This double-sided 3m / 10 foot tape measure (metric on one side, imperial on the other) is filled with fascinating facts about lengths. For example, 34cm is the height of an Oscar; 9¾ inches is the length of a meerkat tail. Find out whether the...
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A beautiful photograph of an old red brick wall is transformed into high-quality gift wrap. It would also be fantastic for covering books or even lining drawers or shelves. Printed in the U.K. on FSC accredited printers on recycled/FSC, carbon positive paper with vegetable based...
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A skill we all wish we had, but you've got it in droves. Or so you told us! Part of our Badges of Honour range. Enameled white and silver metal badge. Measures approx 3 cm long. Made in the UK.
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Ever confused Edwardian with Victorian architectural styles? This mug will set you straight. It starts with Tudor and ends with a contemporary design. The pen and ink drawings are very skillfully executed. Bone china mug.Height 9cm.
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There are many beautiful pen and ink sketches of landmark structures from a multitude of British seaside resorts, from Blackpool to Larne decorating this mug. Includes the net sheds at Hastings and the lifeboat station at Lytham st Anne's. Bone china mug.Height 9cm.
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French artist (and activist) Maximilien Luce wanted to portray the “ceremonies, marriages, people coming and going, the crowds” of Paris; people pass along the Quai Saint-Michel, drive carriages, and work on the barges of the Seine. This is one of over a dozen paintings he made of this scene. Completed...
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A set of two plates; one with a lined paper pattern, the other featuring a graph paper design. Let these plates inspire your creative and academic brain. Whether you're writing an academic paper, article, or your first novel, these plates will help fill you with ideas and plot your...
£7.99
These 48 knowledge cards are a great way to learn architectural vocabulary. On one side of the card is an architectural feature and on the other a concise description. 48 Knowledge cards.Measures 11cm x 8cm.
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Building methods and available materials have always varied from place to place. Featuring tiles, brick, panels, weatherboarding and more, this mug depicts many of the different types of construction that people have called home over the years. Bone china mug, height 9cm.
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16 different beautiful line drawings from Julian Flannery's Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. Revel in the architectural and artistic achievements of England in the Middle Ages. 16 cards an envelopes in a box.Measurements: card 14.5 cm x...
£19.99
This amazing book has two parts; first a discussion of brutalism with 9 short chapters about individual buildings (with colour illustrations), followed by nine cardboard models of those buildings. These are pre-cut from heavy card, and ready to be pressed from the page, folded and...
£42.00
A combined reading lamp and book stand, forming that familiar, fundamental 'house' shape with or without a book. Please note, the book pictured is not included! Frosted plastic. Measures 14.5 x 11.5 x 15cm. Cool LED bulb supplied. Can also be used with a suitable...
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This card features a vintage print across both front and back of the card of the forty-one highest buildings of 1891, together with a key to names and heights. Printed on acid free paper.Measurements: 17 cm x 12 cm.Comes with 120gsm recycled envelope.Blank inside.
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In 1841 a painting appeared in Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method for the Student, Craftsman and Amateur - C R Cockerell's fantasy of all Wren's buildings gathered together. This card is adapted from the outline key to that illustration. Printed on acid...
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‘Principles of Proportion’, adapted from the illustration in to 1905 edition of Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method for the Student, Craftsman and Amateur. Printed on acid free paper.Measurements: 17 cm x 12 cm.Comes with 120gsm recycled envelope.Blank inside.
