1. Yup, it is a sketchbook after all.

  2. I think understanding observation, construction, perspective, color, light, value, composition and 3d modeling is useful for learning architecture.

This is a good book for perspective

https://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-sketching-environments-imagination/dp/1933492732/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Scott+Robinson&qid=1622578603&s=books&sr=1-1

This has a bunch of resources that can help you (you can skip parts that you don't need)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98/edit#heading=h.41sn6ztp72ym