In most architectural schools, the primary emphasis is on pictorial DESCRIPTIONs. As an expression of the quintessential features of architecture, verbal DESCRIPTIONs can play a central key role in architectural education, however. Verbal DESCRIPTIONs of a place are usually a synthesis of horizontal and/or vertical DESCRIPTIONs. Horizontal DESCRIPTIONs refer to features such as edges, centers, circulation, articulation, etc. Vertical DESCRIPTIONs refer to orientation, threshold, stance and the like. This paper assumes that there is a close correlation between verbal and nonverbal DESCRIPTIONs as well as practical skills. This hypothesis opens promising areas for architectural education.