Gifts for Architects

Aristo Burmester Curve Set

£5.00

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Draw smooth curves of varying radii with the Aristo 1mm thick French curves stencil template Set of three Burmester curves for drawing hyperbolas, ellipses and parabolas

Asmara: Africa's Secret Modernist City

£24.95

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Asmara, the capital of the small East African country of Eritrea, bordering the Red Sea, is one of the most important and exciting architectural 'discoveries' of recent years. Built almost entirely in the 1930s by the Italians, who transformed it into a hotbed of radical architectural innovation, Asmara has one of the highest concentrations of Modernist architecture anywhere in the world This superb building-by-building survey, illustrated with previously unpublished archival material and specially commissioned photography, chronicles the colonial past and remarkable survival of a city that has evocatively been described as "the Miami of Africa"

Colour for Architects: A comprehensive handbook to all aspects of colour in architecture

£21.99

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As far back as the earliest Greek temples, colour has been an integral part of architecture, but also one of its least understood elements. Colour theory is rarely taught in architecture schools, leaving architects to puzzle out the hows and whys of which colours to select and how they interact, complement, or clash Colour for Architects is profusely illustrated and provides a clear, concise primer on colour for designers of every kind This volume combines the theoretical and practical, providing the basics on which to build a fuller mastery of this essential component of design A wealth of built examples, exercises, and activities allows students to apply their learning of colour to real-world situations

DC Journal - A5

£20.00

Colour Rusty Red Petrol Blue

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Rusty Red

Petrol Blue

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High quality fabric bound notebook with patterned lining and blank white pages Write, sketch, doodle or write lists Ribbon bookmark included Available in Rusty Red (Edit_01) or Petrol Blue (Edit_02)

Grids & Guides: 3 Notebooks for Visual Thinkers

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Sketch, catalogue, plot, thumbnail, dream, and develop with these three distinctive, colourful tablets Each pad features handy scientific resources - from precise measurements to Pythagoras's constant to the golden ratio - to spark creative thinking or aid in the design process Whether used for list making, letter writing, imaginative doodling, or visualising designs, this collection of portable graph-paper pads is an essential tool for right-brainers'and left-brainers alike Notepad colours: green, blue and red

An Architect's Colouring Pencil Set

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This striking coloured pencil set from legendary architect Michael Graves's firm contains twenty-four coloured pencils in his richly sophisticated palette The textured box has a lift-off lid and pulls out of a glossy die-cut sleeve showcasing a perfect grid of squares, a subtle nod to the designer's penchant for designing windows in a grid A folded enclosure features an inspiring essay on the use of colour in the design process Both minimal and elegant, the set reflects Graves's aesthetic and the architects and designers who will savour it as a gift and use it in their work

Solid Objectives: Order, Edge, Aura

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Rather than a catalogue of works, Solid Objectives: Order, Edge, Aura is a visual and textual manifesto introducing an attitude towards the design and realisation of architecture in an interconnected and global environment. Taking the form of a radical monograph, the book curates SO-IL's content based on conceptual themes, allowing the reader to have a generous, multi-dimensional and immersive experience, similar to how one would experience the firm's architecture This book introduces an eclectic and playful attitude towards the design and realisation of architecture in a time of increased instability. Order, Edge, Aura is illustrated with many rarely seen images, mostly taken by photographer Iwan Baan, and punctuated with essays by SO-IL. The book is not a road map – it is a continuum of small and large spatial events. Moving through distinct conceptual themes, this trajectory is sequenced with moments of reflection and focus The exceptionally designed layout and the various paper qualities – from glossy to rough – underline the diversity of SO-IL's work. The internationally recognised studio is an aspiring New York-based architectural firm operating in the fields of architecture, urbanism and the arts. Founded in 2008 by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, SO-IL is currently run in partnership with Ilias Papageorgiou

Supernew Supergraphics

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Supernew Supergraphics reflects the numerous ways in which graphics are invading public spaces and disrupting the sometimes-staid world of public architecture It’s a compendium of graphic excess on a monumental scale. It features new work from around the globe, and interviews with leading practitioners Felice Varini, Sascha Lobe, Sara De Bondt and Boa Mistura The book’s design by Spin is a tour de force of graphic expression. The cover pays homage to the originators of Supergraphics in the 1960s – a group of radical architects who broke the unwritten rule that you never paint on architecture Not only did they apply paint to architecture, but they always made sure the graphics were too big for the surfaces they were applied to. This is echoed in the cover for Supernew Supergraphics