Brutal London: Barbican Estate

For decades, Londoners called the Barbican an eyesore. Then the flats started selling for silly money and now half of Hackney owns a tote bag bearing its name. Zupagrafika lets you skip the mortgage and build Lauderdale Tower yourself, out of paper.

The kit stands at about 19cm tall and is billed as ‘Build Your Own Brutalist London’. Essentially glorified Lego for hipsters, and we’re completely here for it.

The spec:

• Paper cut-out kit of Lauderdale Tower on the Barbican Estate
• Two printed sheets
• Builds to about 19cm tall; the pack measures 24 x 35cm
• Ships from Poland

A gift for: the friend obsessed with Grand Designs