Five skills for architecture students.

A practising architect who films his own sketching, model-making and design process. Start with his sketching videos, then the model-making playlist. American practice, so ignore the licensing and contract content — the hand skills transfer completely.

YouTube channel

A short curated list of channels that teach architectural linework, hatching and quick perspective. Useful as a map so you are not lost in YouTube search results.

ArchDaily

Urban sketching and perspective basics from working illustrators. These are the free tutorials on the site — the full courses are paid, and you do not need them yet.

Domestika blog

Use your own notes and reference material to ask questions and follow source citations. Check answers against the original documents: AI output can contain mistakes, including when discussing building rules.

Google

Google’s August 2026 announcement describes a year of an AI plan at no cost for eligible students. Check the current offer for your country, verification requirements, deadline and renewal terms before claiming it.

Google

Use it to draft, revise or question your design rationale. Verify factual claims and citations independently, and review the current usage limits.

Anthropic

Use AI assistants to explore questions and draft ideas. Check factual answers against original sources, especially building regulations and local requirements.

Google / OpenAI

Dictate a draft of your report or design explanation, then edit it for clarity. The current pricing page lists a free plan and paid upgrades; check limits before choosing.

Wispr Flow — plans and limits

Our own playlist in Hindi. Layouts, work triangle, carcass and shutter materials, hardware, common mistakes, and real installed projects. Start here for kitchens.

Houme India

Completed Indian homes walked through room by room, with the reasoning behind each decision and what it cost. Watch these the way you would do a case study — note what was compromised and why.

Houme India

Chimneys, finishes, hardware. This is the part college never teaches — how to read a spec sheet and tell a real difference from a marketing difference. You will use this in your first client meeting.

Houme India

Runs in the browser, nothing to install. Fastest way to model a kitchen or a wardrobe and check whether the shutter actually opens. Free version is for non-commercial use only, which is fine for college work.

Trimble

This link is an archive reference for the 2016 code. Confirm the volume, edition, amendments and locally applicable requirements with authoritative sources before using it in a project. AI summaries do not replace reading the relevant provisions.

Bureau of Indian Standards, via Internet Archive

Autodesk offers eligible students and educators one-year educational access, renewable while eligible. Check Autodesk’s verification process and permitted educational uses before downloading.

Autodesk India

Follow a beginner project walkthrough and practise alongside it. Check the creator’s current description for any project files and their access terms.

Balkan Architect

Browse Revit tutorials for specific tasks such as families, schedules and worksharing. Check the software version used in each lesson.

YouTube channel

Free forever, not a student licence. For rendering and walkthroughs when your portfolio needs images that do not look like coursework. Steeper to learn than the rest of this list, so only start once Revit is comfortable.

Blender Foundation

Not for the design content this time. Watch Sourabh explaining a decision to a homeowner who does not know the vocabulary — the order he puts things in, what he leaves out, how he handles the budget question. That is the actual skill.

Houme India

Explore resources about running a small design practice and explaining your work to clients. This is a US-based source; adapt business examples to your context and seek local advice for legal, tax or contract questions.

30X40 Design Workshop