There was a time when every drawing started with a pencil - when ideas were born on paper, not screens.

Before software and automation, architecture was entirely hands-on. Drafting tables covered in tracing paper, graphite on fingertips, the soft rhythm of pencil on vellum. The air carried the scent of ink, paper, and ammonia from the print labs.

Designs weren’t generated - they were crafted, one precise line at a time. Mistakes took patience to correct; revisions meant starting over. Studios were filled with push pins, red pens, scale rulers, and half-finished cups of coffee. Architects worked late into the night - jackets off, music low - completely immersed in the quiet discipline of drawing.