Abraham explained the inspiration for "Nine Projects for Venice" (1979–80): ""the absence of the mechanical scale of land-bound transportation, Venice, as no other City, has been able to retain a physiological morphology which has consistently reversed all known spatial principles of Cartesian origins."" Abraham populates the city of Venice with architectural inventions, such as "Wall of Lost Journeys," "House For Boats," "Square of Solitude," and "Tower of Wisdom." Abraham's drawn architecture is symbolic of the mythology for collisions and the potential of architectural expression. In the collection Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Abraham's Untitled (1982) drawing of a geometric structure set in a hilly landscape; along the edge is composed (from top to bottom) of an isometric view, a side elevation, and cross-section.