Kurt had visions of writing a book about architecture, "A book designed as a text for teaching the understanding of architecture, intended for a wide general readership and for use at the university level for instruction in Arts and Humanities courses." As was true for many, though by all means not all, of his grander visions, he began but did not finish; his mind was often too active to settle down for long into one project. Here, however, is the way he began on this particular effort.