In this paper we report on a PhD research project that has just started. The main question of the research deals with improvement of architectural education, and we are concerned in particular on the influence of CAD. First we outline the basic assumptions and major considerations of the research, following we describe the research methodology, and show the principal direction of the work. Some work has already been done, and the paper ends with a few tentative "educated guesses" what the possible outcomes of the work may be.