Architects have a wide variety of gadgets at their disposal, but nothing is more traditional than the tool that puts ideas to paper! Drafting pencils are great precision instruments, and many are designed with special features like knurling and retractable tips. These durable pencils are made to hold lead sizes as slim as 0.3 mm, for capturing the tiniest details.

Other tools include technical drawing pens and needle-point gel ink pens, which are ideal for inking final ideas, as well as felt-tip markers for coloring and shading.