11 Gorgeous Gifts for the Architecture Buff

Let your architect friend tap into their inner Frank Lloyd Wright with this model of New York City's Guggenheim Museum. The 208 Lego pieces snap together to create a 4-inch version of the iconic building, from the rotunda to the annex tower.

For those who like a bit of a brain teaser and appreciate beautiful objects, this jack puzzle won't disappoint. Six notched brass bars fit together to create the design, but beware—it's harder to put together than it looks. When it's assembled, it makes a truly stunning desk object.

Architects love pencils. Upgrade your loved one's stubby old No. 2 with this beautiful brass pencil case, which keeps pointy tips sharp. The brass develops a patina over time, making this case look far more expensive than it really is.

Tour New York's most iconic landmarks with this miniature set. The eight-piece wooden set recreates the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Museum of Modern Art, and more—along with six adorable wooden taxi cabs. Perfect for New Yorkers, or those who simply love NY.

Everyone with an eye for architecture and design deserves a beautiful place to capture their thoughts. This notebook, from German company Leuchtturm, offers maximum freedom for the mind's wanderings. Dotted pages make it easy to write, sketch, or draft, while the lay-flat design offers a comfortable scribbling experience. Chose from over a dozen colorful covers, or stick with classic black or white.

Give your beloved architect a break from real-life structures with this beautiful high-design puzzle. The set includes 16 prisms made from hand-poured concrete, which can be arranged as a continuous surface in an infinite number of ways. Piece them together in a familiar shape or create something entirely new.

Pencils and notebooks work great for drafting and designing, but when you want something more high-tech, you can't do better than Apple's iPad Pro and accompanying Pencil. This stylus is precise enough to capture every nuance of your stroke, and there's no detectable latency. It's as if you were drawing with an old-fashioned pencil and paper, but on a gorgeously sharp glass display.

This 20th anniversary edition of Judith Dupree's Bridges covers the world's most stunning structures, from China's 102-mile Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge to the Millau Viaduct in France, in visual detail. Plus, the book's unique shape (it's 9.5 by 18.4 inches) makes it stand out on any coffee table.

Is it modern art? A miniature wooden structure? A high-intensity strategy game? It's all three! Use the wooden blocks to build a bridge across the board, in a game that's part chess, part Tetris.