Art Supplies

Books

Hardware/Lumber

Laser Cutter

Plexiglas/Acrylic

Specialty Lumber/Veneers

Specialty Supplies

this subset of archex is intended to serve as an informational source for the practicing architectural student.   it relies on user input, and should be seen as a biased guide for obtaining what you need. please email archex to add a place.   please provide as much information as you can (phone, directions, maps, hours); the phone call you save the next person will reward you richly in your next life (according to a chinese fortune cookie).

Ship stuff to school:

Room S110

School of Architecture, Princeton University

Princeton, NJ 08544

 

Art Supplies

Pearl Paint

308 Canal Street, New York City 10013 

212.431.7932

hours: M - F 9.00a - 7.00p; Sa 9.30a - 6.00p; Su 11.00a - 5.00p

nyc landmark.

Princeton Architectural Supply (PAS)

1st floor of the soa

hours M - F 12.00p - 1.00p

the school store run by Farzad More and Chris Lanzisera . operate from the charette catalog and others.  they can get anything you need.

Triangle Art

alt. Rt. 1 & E. Darrah Lane, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 

(also accessible via princeton pike, make left on darrah lane) 

609.883.3600 

hours: M - F 8.00a - 9.00p; Sa 9.00a - 8.00p; Su 12.00p - 5.00p

general art supply store that has a large selection available immediately (as opposed to having to wait for an order through PAS)

 

Books

Barnes & Nobles - Marketfair

3535 US Highway 1, Princeton, NJ 08540

609.897.9250

hours: M - Su 9.00a - 11.00p

 

Hardware/Lumber (also see Specialty Lumber)

Home Depot

3401 US Highway 1, Princeton, NJ 08540

(you can take princeton pike and make a left onto province line road to avoid the route 1 experience)

609.987.8686

 

National Balsa

 

Springfield, MA

extremely cheap (1/2 the price of Charette) of basswood, etc.

Princeton Hardware

Princeton Shopping Center, Princeton, NJ 08540 

609.924.5155

another hardware store; out in the princeton shopping center, a must-see if you haven't been.

Urken Supply Company Inc

27 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 

609.924.3076

local hardware store within walking distance to the soa.

Willards Saw Mill

300 Basin Road, Trenton, NJ 08619 

609.890.1990

1.800.320.6519

rumor has it that they stock that hard to find 16' long basswood 3 x 6. closer than the south bronx.

 

Laser Cutter Information

Universal Laser Systems

1.800.859.7033

www.ulsinc.com

Plexiglas/Acrylic

Commercial Plastic

2585 Interplex Dr., Trevose, Pa.

1.800.362.5277

Emco Plastics

24 Just Road, Fairfield, NJ

1.877.362.6463

Specialty Lumber/Veneers

Bay Ridge Lumber

1411 Ford Rd., Bensalem, PA

215.604.1140

Brookside Veneers

104 Melrich Rd, Cranbury, NJ

609.655.8675

Specialty Supplies/Parts

McMaster/Carr

473 Ridge Rd., Dayton, NJ

732.329.3200

online catalog: www.mcmaster.com

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