We all know that the Architecture industry is growing more digital by the day, but trust me, pen & paper isn't going anywhere. There's no faster or easier way to communicate your design ideas than making a quick sketch on paper, and this is the best way to keep all your ideas in one place. At the end of a semester, your sketchbook tells a fascinating story of how your project developed from your first idea to the final details.
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This Sketchbook by Moleskine is our favorite. With an average 4.8 star rating on almost 12,000 reviews, you can be confident you're making the right decision.
It's versatile and can handle many different media types: graphite, ink, paint, colored pencil, and more. For those of us who love to get a drawing just right, it can handle frequent erasing and redrawing. This will allow you to create a variety of different drawings to get your ideas on paper.
We love this sketchbook because it makes sketching on paper an absolute joy. The paper is high quality and simply feels good sliding against your hand. Plus, for those who know the immense pleasure of a lay-flat sketchbook (lefties), this is one of the best out there.
Best of all, these come in multiple different sizes. For architecture school, we first recommend the Large. It is the perfect balance of having enough space on a page to actually get some detail into a drawing, while still being small enough to effortlessly slip it into your bag. We also recommend an A3 larger size sketchbook that you can keep at your desk for your bigger ideas, as it can be helpful to see multiple sketches of the same design on the same sheet.
No matter what size you choose, you can't go wrong with
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Note: If your primary means of drawing are alcohol-based markers or watercolor, this sketchbook gets mixed reviews about bleeding and warping so do keep that in mind.
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