Since opening on June 15th, Archinect Outpost, our online and retail store in Downtown Los Angeles, has exclusively been a purveyor of architectural periodicals and monographs. But as of this month, we have added a small selection of items that will hopefully delight the architecturally-spirited. From Archinect's own new line of coffee, to miniature cinder blocks, to half timber t-shirts, here is Archinect Outpost's gift guide for the holidays.
All in-stock merchandise is available in our Downtown LA store and online. If you're outside of the USA, please contact us for shipping information. If you're in the LA area, make sure to swing by our holiday party at Archinect Outpost this Saturday, from 11-3, for drinks, snacks, music, and sales!
For your brutal all-nighter: At long last, Archinect's new coffee line, Brutal, is now available for purchase online and in store. Available either with with the Guatemala Ceiba's notes of tobacco, plum and cane sugar or Brazil Yellow Diamond's almond and dark chocolate, Brutal coffee is a medium roast companion to all of your all-nighters.
For the year-round brutalist enthusiast: We have carried Blue Crow Media's maps since opening day, but are proud to now carry their limited-edition 2019 Brutalist Calendars. It features 12 photographs of work from the likes of Le Corbusier, Breuer, Rudolph, and other heavyweight proponents of the style, captured by the leading photographers of Brutalism today.
For your brutal niece or nephew: Here is a set of six cards designed by Sally Bradforth, featuring three London icons: The National Theatre, The Barbican Centre and The Brunswick - all festooned with festive fairy lights. It's the perfect way for architecture and Brutalism fans to send seasonal goodwill to friends and loved ones. They are printed on 100% recycled paper - an environmentally friendly choice.
For the fastidious pin collector: This mini-collection of architectural delights celebrates fundamental elements of art history and archaeology, and includes one of each style of column capital. The doric, corinthian and ionic-designed pins celebrate the fundamental elements of art history and archaeology.
For the tiny builder: These concrete cinder blocks take the real things to a whole new, small scale level. At 1/12th the standard size, this mini construction kit comes complete with 24 blocks, mortar to hold them together, and a tiny wooden pallet—making them the perfect desk toy for tinkerers and avid DIY-ers.
For the complex geometrist: A line of handmade concrete home accessories by Long Beach, California-based engineer-turned-designer Gilles Besoin of Surpoint. The collection includes a vase (pictured below), a tealight holder and a soap dish.
For the practicing curmudgeon: We all obviously love architecture, but we also know that it can SUCK at times, and for those times we offer this t-shirt. Designed by Christian Unverzagt of M1/DTW, these shirts are high quality unisex Cotton heritage 1040. "ARCHITECTURE SUCKS" text and small text below "archinect M1/DTW" is in black ink on black cotton.
For the budding architect: When your kids ask for Modernism, give them only the real stuff. Designed by Tiny Modernism and screen-printed on high-quality American Apparel shirts in Los Angeles, California, these shirts fit boys and girls.
For the cold and fashionable: These insulation scarves, designed by Sam Jacob, take the universal drawing symbol for insulation and apply it to an actual piece of human insulation: The scarf you wrap around your neck.
For the medievally-inclined: Also from Sam Jacob, we carry a half timbered t-shirt, which takes the graphic black and white pattern of half timbered architecture and applies it to a T-shirt: It is, in other words, architecture for your body.
For the concrete connoisseur: From ancient Rome to the present day, the book 'Concrete' presents a visual exploration of the aesthetics of concrete architecture. The book includes innovative and inspirational projects from monuments and churches to stations and cultural spaces by some of the best architects of the last 100 years.
For the brutalist brute: The Atlas of Brutalist Architecture is the only book to thoroughly document the world's finest examples of architecture from this polarizing movement. More than 850 buildings - existing and demolished, classic and contemporary - are organized geographically into nine continental regions.
For the soviet zealot: Spomenik―the Serbo-Croat/Slovenian word for monument―refers to the memorials built in Tito's Republic of Yugoslavia from the 1960s to the 1980s, marking the horror of the occupation and the defeat of Axis forces during World War II. Hundreds were built across the country, from coastal resorts to remote mountains. This book brings together the largest collection of spomeniks published to date. Each has been extensively photographed and researched by the author, making this book the most comprehensive survey of this obscure and fascinating architectural phenomenon.
For the discerning aesthete: A visually rich book, Black: Architecture in Monochrome casts a new eye on the beauty - and the drama - of black in the built world. Spotlighting more than 150 structures from the last 1,000 years, Black pairs engaging text with fascinating photographs of houses, churches, libraries, skyscrapers, and other buildings from some of the world's leading architects, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Eero Saarinen, David Adjaye, Jean Nouvel, Peter Marino, and Steven Holl.
For the nostalgic explorer: This handbook - the first ever to focus on the architectural wonders of the West Coast of the USA - provides visitors with an expertly curated list of 250 must-see destinations. Discover the most celebrated Modernist buildings, as well as hidden gems and virtually unknown examples - from the iconic Case Study houses to the glamour of Palm Springs' spectacular Modern desert structures.
For your kitschy aunt or uncle: If brutalism isn't cheery enough for your outgoing Christmas cards, we also carry a design inspired by the finest mid-century modern desert environment that Palm Springs has to offer. These Christmas Cards have the slightest holiday details, including lawn flamingoes and gold foil.
Archinect Outpost is located at 900 E 4th St, in the heart of Downtown LA's Arts District.
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The Architecture Sucks shirt is back?!? In black?!?!
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