All the tools mentioned are listed here: thirtybyforty.com/blog/5-things-under-20-every-architect-needs

1. Markers 2. Sketchbooks 3. Writing Implements 4. Pocket Scale 5. Ideas + Inspiration

You are, without a doubt, one of the most inspiring and profoundly wise designers I have ever come to know. You speak to in terms that are easy to understand and extremely insightful. You have the heart of a teacher that is far beyond your years. Anyone who listens to you can feel the passion you have for your work. I applaud your energy, your practical perspective , and your ability to communicate your ideas. I have already listened to several hours of your work and hope you come to Dallas some time and share your talents. Good luck, God bless, and keep up the great work.

you are slowly becoming my most favourite youtube creator. Your videos are just so personal and honest and they challenge me every time I watch something.

Copics = ❤️ My Boss at my last job in Germany gave me a whole set for landscape architecture as a going-away gift! Copics also makes the brilliant Multiliner series of fine nibs. That sketch book with the dots is ingenious! My must-have is the parallel glider. For clearing my mind, I prefer garden therapy and running; I have to travel quite far from the tundra (Michigan) to see design inspiration by a professional.

Hi, I'm 14 and since little I had a natural talent for drawing, I still do, but now I feel a bit uncomfortable drawing things in general. Later, I found out about architecture and I realized that I liked making or drawing building and floor plans. I started watching you videos and today I considered subscribing and I do not regret a thing. Thanks for the great videos and thanks for the inspiration and ideas

Hi there! i am a 3rd year architecture student from the middle east. I find these videos really interesting. I think sharing knowledge is really helpful, especially among students, since architecture school can sometimes be very stressful. If anyone in the comment section is interested in some help or just discussing architecture school and projects, please contact me :)

I also love the mujie sketchbooks. I have two kinds including the ring bounded dotted A5 as well as the regular spine bound for note taking.

You look awake in this one, fresh. Traveling does you good. For me it's the same. Traveling, taking pictures, recording sound. Everywhere I go I take something from that place, a leaf, natural cotton fibers, a small rock shard, a dried flower. For me the table in the living room is the most important, it is made of wood, it lives and breathes, it has scratches and scuffs, and if wax drips on it I sometimes leave it there, and sometimes I remove it. But it's no biggie if that happens. The head of the table sits flush against the wall and there is where I keep all my traveling souvenirs. Sometimes I replace them one by one, and put new stuff there for inspiration. Either way, guests always admire my table. It's a conversation starter.

I always get so inspired by your videos! Whatching just reminds me why I'm studying architecture and helps deal the stress of university, keep up the good work!

You are amazing! I started following you today and have already learned so much. The way you present yourself, the way you speak, the way you work is so inspiring! Thank you! I start school this June, I am 31 years old but have dreamed of being an Architect since I was in high school. I have always love drawing but when I took the engendering design class my JR year and saw all the amazing models and blue prints I automatically fell in love! I remember graduating being in the principals list and to be honest I had no idea awards were offered in high school. I attended a college at the age of 20 give or take and dropped out for whatever reason (not that I do not want to share with you but too long of a story). I now have a 1 year old daughter and am happily engaged to the most wonderful, caring and loving woman whom has shown me so much love and respect apart from my beloved mother. I have been going through so much lately and hit rock bottom breaking point! Financially, mentally and everything else you can think of. My wife to be and precious daughter Athena are whom keep me sane and remind me what love is here on earth. I decided I was ready for change, for growth, I came to the sense I wanted to be a positive, motivating and influential father figure for my daughter. I decided I wanted to reach my every goal! I applied for The Academy of Art University in San Francisco and will shortly start my journey to becoming a licensed architect. I am well aware of the fact I am many years away from that dream but if I don’t start now, I will never get to where I want to be. I apologize for going on a never ending story but you asked to comment below. Thank you for reminding me why I love Architecture, I feel as if you have impregnated me with life through your teachings (multiple videos I have seen). Please continue to grow, teach us and remain feeding your heart that warm and humble love that shines through your being. Thank you!

Alumnicolor makes an amazing architects and engineering scale. They are a little more pricey $15-20 but they have the most pleasing concave tri-point shape that feels great in the hand. That being said in a studio environment I've lost/ had borrowed and unreturned at least 2 or them and 1 or so of just the basic plastic kind.

what pulls me away from my studio? beauty, peaceful places, both are there but the total exception.

I am a 12 years old and wonder if you could have a basic video about sketching houses

the power to pull away from the studio is your desire to feed your creativity and realize that that will be fed by exposing yourself to places and things you haven't seen or experienced.

I don't even have to watch your video to smash the Like button, you have a great skill at composing and presenting man. Not going to lie but every time I watch your videos I end up liking architecture and the design industry more, thanks for all the help that you give us. Oh and btw, I love using markers and recently I went to the states and bought AD Chartpak Markers as they don't sell them here in NZ due to their high alcohol content making them hard to ship or something, but man they blend so well, I highly recommend them.

Very thankful for your videos here. I am a recent graduate architecture and urbanism student from Lima, Peru and I feel very happy to see your videos as resources for not only tips, design process but also as inspiration to do one of the things that I do love most. Cheers and keep the excellent work!

I'm studying Graphic Design, I came across your channel today, love your videos, great advice even if you're not studying Architecture, really, really love the editing and the way you present! Excellent quality, thank you for sharing your tips etc.

A huge thank you from Syria .. whenever I am fed up with architecture school .. I just binge watch your videos again and again .. never fails to fill me up with inspiration every single time 👌🏻

Going to Liverpool. I studied architecture there and every time I go, there is always something new to see and to explore.

Hello Eric/ I am a student in architecture and i feel i can get a bit depro if i don't get away from my workstation. Things can become a bit dull here. Its really true that you need to get away from the studio. It stimulates the mind and makes you think about new things and get new ideas. I Really love you're videos. I find myself in your older photos and get awesome advice! Keep it up!!!

Another Great One Eric! I try to recharge my mind by taking a short trip to the ocean which luckily is only 10 min away, Or by going walking on the many trails here. Always clears my mind letting new inspiration comes in, and watching your videos of coarse, they're very insperational always!!! :).

Very good video! I am a graphic designer/visual artist inspired by architecture, and everything that you mention in your videos is also relevant in my field. The inspiration from outside is very important as you obey your own senses, not what someone has already curated on Instagram.

I'm an architect student and i was almost losing my hope at what i was studying, but you gave me a vision that made me love architecture again... thank you Eric :)

Those Copic markers reminds me of the small fortune I spent on Letaset markers back in the day (yea, I'm that old) when I was getting my Graphic Design degree. Sketch pads, tracing paper, and vellum were the "go to" items for thoughts. There is something about the tactile feel of those mediums and tools that bring back very fond memories.

Im only in my architecture studying infancy but your work is very inspiring. Great content and really engaging. Keep up the awesome work, always keen for the next video!

I am soon-to-be teenager and I aspire to be an architecture. Your videos are very helpful, thanks.

Being inspired by your videos I started purchasing my sketching supplies. I started with the Pentel Graphgear 0.7mm, and Copic gray set that include a 0.5mm multiliner. Today beginning with a basic color set of about 7 colors that you recommended in one of your other videos or blog, I added about 15 other colors of the Copic Sketch markers thinking of colors used in building exterior and landscaping colors., plus a 0.25mm multiliner, a block erasor and pen erasor. I also picked up a Copic Sketch pad for my final design ideas that I want on better quality paper. So now I am building up my sketching skills on simpler small cheaper wire ringed notepad. I bought my supplies from a local small art store that has great service answering questions and a new member discount so only paid about $5.50/marker which is pretty decent compared to the big box art supply chains like Michaels. I like using engineering paper to think about floorplans because it has the squares on the back but not as good for color because it is light green. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.

don't under estimate the quality of a good sketch book and for the love of god, get yourself a heavy mechanical pencil. I find the heft of an all metal pencil grounds your lines ,the weight of the tool sort of gives you pause , every stroke has meaning. I find comfort in my Rotring aluminium mechanical pencil and wouldn't trade for anything else. I did give my 0.9 to the wife as a gift, then they stopped making it XD.The things you do for love ... The sort of sketchbook i use is made in germany by a company called Fantasticpaper, the authentics series. dense, white paper with a binder. it's organic and FSC to boot. don't know how they make it organic, but that's what it says on the label. The alcohol pens I use are unfortunately no longer made. they where RAL based so had quite a few of them at one point. basically I guess all architects use the same sort of pens. And I'm guessing the guy who invented the sign pen is rich beyond belief ^^ you didn't mention tracing paper? You don't carry a roll of the stuff around? :p Also a razor blade stuck in a rubber for erasing ink lines on the tracing paper ^^. nice to have a vid to start my week end :D

The best part is the end. How else can you really get inspired if you don't travel?

I’m not an architect nor am I even in any field that comes close to that but I find your videos to be truly relaxing. They make me want to become an architect.

These are just the videos Ive been searching for! Thank you Mr. Reinholdt!

I just love the simplicity and conciseness of your videos. All the tips were super helpful that I wished I knew before. I hope you could create a video about the enjoyable and challenging part of pursuing an architectural career. Cheers, man!

Would love to see a video on designing a garden or landscape. Probably because I'm planing a backyard garden. Lots of information on plants and gardens on youtube. But almost none of them on design/esthetics of a garden or how to draw plants. Would be be very helpful for a novice like me.

What pulls me away is my interest in weird stuff in studying architecture to enjoy and have fun fill that curiousness in me when I see trees next to a building it comes to me that the trees were plants at some point is the architect had a plan for ten years or more ahead that amazes me til lithos day that’s why it’s my main goal to become the very best in this generation of evolution

I still have a long time to begin studying architecture i didn't know i was into it until i notic3d that in class i play with these plastic rulers i create some shapes and i draw them and add lines to make it as a building .now here i am and i m 18 and i wanna know more about it i am really thankful cause you make everything looks easy and fun 😊

Thanks so much, this was the start of what i needed to educate myself on. 37, F Health care professional of 19 years wanting to explore studies in the world of Design and Architecture - Thank you :)

I know absolutely nothing about how architects work - thank you so much for the peeks behind the scenes.

Another very nice one, Eric. I like to get away from work by driving around in any residential neighborhood that is full of various types of architecture. In the US I find 'hoods like this in areas that were built in the 1920s through the 1950s. And I notice your subscriber base is accelerating! Cheers, SCR

I went to architecture school and graduated as an architect but the lack of opportunities for people without experience is a bit of a downer. I graduated abroad and makes it even harder to find a job in the US. Thanks to videos like these and your inspiring solutions I feel motivated to keep searching. They certainly ignite a spark inside that wants me to keep going and to never give up. Thank you so much Mr. Reinholdt

Slowly I’m coming back to one of my skill left behind forr years...I will look for this materials thank you...This pandemic made me set back again and sketch...I go for gigs in different wonderful locations and that’s my break for helping designing and managing construction Projects here in our farm community...been fallowing you for a month I think...🙏🏼✌️🇵🇭

Funny, I'm a structural engineer, but I really enjoy the content on this channel

If I was to teach architecture these would be videos to bring passion to students. Next time in England, visit Bath, I was blown away by it. Cheers. 🤘

Hi! I'm from Madagascar and it's not easy to find these supplies here most of them aren't in the market or very expansive so for me I used: pilot ink pen 0.5 and 0.7 and recently Faber Castell PITT artist pen, Staedler mechanical pencil for drawing, Touchfive marker and Water soluble wax pastel for colouring, for the sketchbooks I used Canson A6, A4 at the beginning but seemed very expansive so for now I made my own sketchbook with 220gr papers which feet with my colouring supplies. Thanks for your sharing, it's the kind of initiative that drives me to do the same ^^ ...As I said it's not easy to find these supplies but if you love your work doing some sacrifices is not difficult!

The grey pentel sign pen is amazing! Nice to see it mentioned here!

great as always man! could you please consider to make a video about the difficulties that you came across both when you were a student and after you'v started your professional career ,and how you dealt with them?thx a lot!

Love the way you take architecture in your life. Your videos are amazing. Stationary you had shown in the videos are really helpful. Thank you for your support.

I bought that exact muji notebook when vacationing in Barcelona along with about ten other muji products, and I agree 100% with the recommendation. I filled it within the first 4 months of getting it and unfortunately muji products aren't easily available in my country, but I'll make a pilgrimage to get some more as soon as possible. Great video :)

As an Architecture grad student I can vouch for each one of these things! Thank you Eric for this great video and keep them coming!

I really like your videos, your explaining ways are fast but understandable, and you find the way to relate to almost all people, althought their level in this Architecture/Designing career. I appreciate how you organize your timing to do all the work you do. Greetings from Dominican Republic.

Great material per usual Eric. My wife and I were able to check out Fallingwater last week during our Thanksgiving trip...it was truly inspiring. Definitely got the creative drive going. Take care, and thanks again!

Wow. I have not joined my Architecture course yet, but I've been doing my research on the cost and the valuable education you can get from the course.Your channel has given me a depth into the qualities of an Architect and what it takes to become one. Just wow. Now I want to join Architecture! Literally! Thanks for all the information here Mr. Reinholdt!

Hard to think that Tate modern was a power station once. Just further along towards London Bridge near the Globe Theatre is the small house where Christopher Wren lived whilst overseeing the construction of At Paul's cathedral. London has architecture from every age.

Picked up a Mugi sketch book in the London store and absolutely love it

I'm so inspired watching your videos. This one makes me want to head out to the MUJI story asap. Except there's none near me! Thank you for sharing some of your creative tools and tips. I appreciate your channel so much!!

Yeah Inspiration is out there even at backyard after all its the life outside of the office that makes it necessary to practic architecture. thanks

Hi. I´m not an architect by far... But I really enjoy your "style" and videos, they are really an inspiring source for me as a starting artist. I really enjoy architechtural sketching, that is why I follow you. and of course, your tips on materials are really top notch. Thanks and greeetings from Mexico City.

You are amazing Ar. Eric. You give great insight and tips. Thank you so much for making these videos. Keep it up. Looking forward to more videos in future.

You are becoming one of the architects on the tube that im watching out for! This was great! Thanks man.

Eagerly waiting for your video from last week. Thanks a lot.

One of my favourite architecture channels, your videos inspire me to keep rockin.

Common sense explained with uncommon depth. Cheers from india. Keep sharing these they are wonderful

I have just recently watched your videos and tutorials and those are really amazing. I really admired how you put up every little thing that is essential to Architects and Architecture students. Even after I passed the examination, I still need to know more about how to be a professional. Thanks to your videos, I hope you continue doing great videos! :)

Every video that you upload makes me so excited and motivated about my works! Thanks for doing them with such a good quality and perspective. I will stay tuned for the next ones!

Cheers Eric another great video. Glad you enjoyed London it a place of hidden experiences and easy to get inspired studying here. Lots of things in the video added to my xmas list! Looking forward to the next video already !

Love the channel, branding, tips, everything! Great inspiration. Thanks!

Thanks for this video. I'm 15 and I like designing like architectures of houses or my dream house. Thanks for this video

As a first-year architecture student, I am so happy I found your channel! You give some very good advice. Also, we seem to share a love for Muji haha

I do hear the copic brand is good. The dotted grid paper will definitely help me with making more confident with the pencil strokes

Thank you for sharing with us, such valuable lectures. Much love and keep doing a fantastic work. Greetings from Greece

I always enjoy watching your videos. The knowledge, and experience you share with us is priceless and helpful thank you.

Eric, Sir you are a wizard! Keep sharing... inspirational! It appears I cannot buy Muji Notebooks direct in Australia :( When I need a creative break, I head out with camera in hand, it gets my mind flowing to look at shapes, colours, etc., from nature and our surrounds.

Hi. Great videos. Thank you. What pulls me away from the studio is Barbering. I like its social aspect as well as the craft. It helps me to get away from a project and it keeps me in a creative activity.

This was a great video and inspiration. I am an Urban Sketcher and love the sketchbooks you featured along with the Copic markers. Thanks for posting!

You are so inspiring.Thanks for honesty and positive energy. I realy need to overcome my fear of sketching again after graduation.i ll start with ordering MUJI sketch books your making amazing jobs over them.(and thanks for not pretending GERMAN faking names like BERG ,COHN,SCHMIDT to sell a cheap North American job hiding behind GERMANS and Germany).

Those pocket scales are so cool!

Its always good value popping in on one of your sessions, so, thank you!

For me this is the most important KZfaq channel at all ✋

my wife got the power to pull me out of the studio jejejej, love youre channel!!! greetings from a Venezuelan Architect in Perú.

Elo, I'm 10 and I was wondering if you could make a video on like step by step sketches (houses) or to be a Architect because I wanna be one when I'm older :)

Wonderful to watch like always!

Hi i'm sixteen years and from the middle east however my school follows the British system so currently i'm in the 11th grade but this is my last year and so ill start college next year which is quite nerve racking. For that i've been asked to know now what i'm thinking for my future. Many of my close family member and friends always see me as an architect since the age of 6 when i loved build unique and crazy forts on the living room so i knew one day i want a life to in cooperate design element with a touch of nature for my love of it. After that in the age of 10 my parents decide to buy a land for an architect to make a lodge beside the beach which was when i was inspired to be an architect one day as i would always discuss on unique ideas for the lodge to and some elements of nature. I was always described as creative and i love art but my drawings are described as a bit messy but with a character. My other favourite subject is design and technology which i got an award for being the lead in my year group even though i started that course late with everyone in the class passing the ninth year and it was my first year in that course. In design and technology we do many works on wood like designing a mini shelf unit starting with your drawing then developing into a prototype then a actual thing where you get to use different materials like acrylic and if were lucky we could add on our wood for example pine with a section made from resin. Anther subject i love is math and physics with straight As but i love math even more than physics. However, one thing i'm bad at is my english language as its my second language but other than that i'm a leader and love to work in a group i also love to one day develop further with a business career. Many of my relatives are engineers but they always say i have a mind of an architect as they worked with many in past projects that i love to hear their stories with architects experience.

0:46 "Holiday Shopping? Do you mean *CHRISTMAS* shopping!

Good coffee has the power to pull me away from studio... good coffee in cozy spaces :)

Great show. I am pleased we have identical preferences in pens, pencils and their colors. I would say that sketchbooks do *not* in my experience make good gifts for architects. I note you have very specific preferences, as do I, and while ours are similar I have never been given a sketchbook of any use. Most of them have been hardbound, which we agree, are non-starters. (Especially if the say something like "You are the Architect of Your Life" on the cover. I have been given accordion style sketchbooks- again I can't use them. Or if they are spiral-bound, as you and I prefer, they are either too large or too small or the paper is smooth or too toothy or it is gridded. (I don't care for any kind of gridding, thanks.)

Presto jumpo pen white out fine tip.... Its a game changer.

Thank you, fro Tanzania, this is also award winning. I love your content. I feel am in school again though have running my studio for sometime now.

Great stuff, sir. Architecture as a profession needs more positive spokespeople like you, given the many myth-conceptions young folks have about what it takes to be an architect. (e.g. "do I need to be good at math?" Answer: Hayyyuull, no, you probably will never use it once you graduate") Keep up the good work.

It feels good and positive towards architecture field, after watching your videos 😅 Thanks for the information 🙂 Love from India 🙏

I'm in my 3rd year in architecture and really love your channel and videos hope you more success mr 😁😁🌹

So this dude is an architect, thanks so much for sharing all of your knowledge and experiences it is very inspiring , weather you're just interested in architecture, draftsman, or what ever this is a very interesting and cool site, thanks!

What if my motivation of extracting myself out of the studio is 'alright I can't do this anymore I gotta get out to breathe'?

I am disabled and cannot travel much now. KZfaq is one of my windows on the world and a reference point for me.

loved this for all artist think simple thank you.

Im in my 1st year of my college and architecture is the course i took. I was doing well back then but I was discouraged by people who criticize archi. They would say "architecture is nothing without engineers" or "archts works for long hours but payed less" or "architects are engineers who cant do math"...... and now goddamn it everytime i make projects i get less motivated...

Thank you for all the hard work you put in to share your knowledge and skills within architecture. It really inspires me! Keep up the good work :)

You are so my role model, thank you for sharing and leading to the right direction.

Your videos are complete inspiration sir, keep up the good work!!!

Using this cuz my secondary school has us doing architecture classes for half a year

I just discovered your channel and I absolutely love it! Thanks for continuing to construct these great videos!