I thought it was an act of genius to challenge the final year students to write an essay that tied Corble’s take on modern architecture with the practice of knowledge management. However, when I discovered the whole class fighting over the library’s one and only copy of Corble’s biography, I realised my mistake. It I didn’t intervene quickly, I would soon be marking 25 scripts on the planning, design and construction of buildings, none of which would feature a single mention of knowledge management.