Art & Architecture Tours

Australian building designer Stephen Hanson, whom I met when he traveled to Los Angeles to participate in my architecture tour in 2003, has made arrangements for us to experience a unique tour of architecture in his homeland.

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The tour begins with five days in his native Melbourne , exploring the architecture of the city and taking excursions into the beautiful Yarra Valley, the Mornington Peninsula, and Eltham, one of Melbourne ’s outer suburbs, to discover the work of the top contemporary architects, such as David Godsell,, Stephen Jolson, Graham Jones, and Gregory Burgess. See some buildings by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony in Melbourne and then again when we travel to Sydney for four more days.

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CENTRAL EUROPE - BUDAPEST, VIENNA, PRAGUE

20th Century Architecture

Start with three days in Budapest, Hungary, where the historic blends easily with the modern.

Get to know buildings by Odon Lechner, the first architect in Hungary at the end of the 19^th century who gave new direction with his unique art nouveau buildings.

Discover the movement of Hungarian organic architecture as it expresses itself through the works of Imre Makovecz (see photo above of the Stephanaeum), who embraces the theories of Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Goff, Herb Green, AlvarAlto and above all, the ideas of Rudolf Steiner.

Continue to Vienna, Austria, for three nights: see the unusual Hundertwasserhaus by Joseph Krawina; works by Otto Wagner, including the Steinhof Church, one of Wagner’s most inspired designs, and the Viennese Secession Building (see photo above) by Joseph Olbrich.

On the way to Prague, Czech Republic, we stop in Brno to discover Mies van der Rohe’s Villa Tugendhat and the permanent exhibition pavilions built in the Interwar period.

In Prague for four nights, we explore the beautiful Nouveau Obecni dum (Municipal House), the Cubist Dum u cerne matky bozi (House of the Black Madonna), and the 20^th century additions by Joze Plecnik to the great Hradcany Castle . Also, modern works by Adolf Loos, all the way to Frank Gehry’s Dancing House.

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COSTA RICA

Tropical Gardens and Plantations Tour

Travel to lush, green Costa Rica for a week exploring the tropical splendor of this Central American paradise.   Art and architecture enthusiasts will enjoy the unique accommodations, as well as the natural beauty of the land.

Stay the first few days at the Finca Rosa Blanca Resort on the high central plateau of this magnificent country, outside the capital city of San Jose. Visit a coffee plantation, an herb farm that produces more than 2 tons a week for export, the world's largest producer of tropical flowers, a spice farm, an orchid plantation, a butterfly farm, and a renowned landscape architect's home and private gardens.  Visit the Poas Volcano, hiking through cloud forest and dwarf trees to peer into the two-mile crater. Stay overnight at Los Lagos Resort at the base of the active Arenal Volcano.

Spend three days at La Mansion, an oceanfront resort hotel on the Pacific Coast in Manuel Antonio National Park, with its perfect sand beaches and unspoiled forest growing right to the high-tide mark. With a naturalist guide, tour Rainmaker, a 1,600 acre private reserve dedicated to preserving the varied ecosystem.

Return to San Jose for a final night at the Xandari Resort before heading home.

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FINLAND: AALTO, SAARINEN, and CONTEMPORARY

FINNISH ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

+ excursion to ST. PETERSBURG

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Alvar Aalto, Finlandia Hall, Helsinki

This extensive tour takes us through Aalto's early classical works, heroic buildings of the 30's, and his golden period of the 50's, travelling through southwest Finland for several days. Visit Paimio, Turku, Seinajoki, Alajarvi, Jyvaskyla, and Tampere.

Then return to Helsinki for a day to study design: fabrics by Marimekko, glass and ceramics by Arabia, the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art by Steven Holl... and more!

We conclude with a visit to the beautiful countryside of Hvittrask, a collective artists' villa built by a wilderness lake by the architecture team of Eliel Saarinen-Herman Gesellius- Armas Lindgren.

FOLLOWED BY THREE DAYS IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

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FRANCE: TOUR d’ART Provence, the Riviera, Paris

An exciting Art and Architecture Tour! Fly to Nice

for three nights exploring the picturesque towns of St. Paul de Vence, Antibes, Cagnes-sur-Mer, where Picasso, Renoir, Chagall, Matisse, and others loved to live and paint – Then continue for three more nights based in Aix en Provence, the land of Cezanne, Van Gogh, and superb, ancient Roman architecture in Avignon, Arles, and Les Baux de Provence.

Take the TGV high-speed train from Avignon to Paris, for a four-night stay and visits to the great art venues of the City of Light. Also, special early entry to Monet’s home and gardens at Giverny, before they open to the public.

For architecture enthusiasts, we plan visits to some great contemporary buildings, too.

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FRANCE: PROVENCE & PAYS BASQUE

(The Basque Country: France & Spain)

Five nights based in Biarritz, on the French side of the border with Spain. Explore the French Basque Country as well as two days crossing into Spain: see the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank Gehry, and the Chillida Leku outside San Sebastian.

Drive across southern France eastward toward Provence, stopping in Carcassonne en route.

Four nights based in Aix en Provence, the heart of Paul Cezanne's territory.

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GERMANY: BERLIN & DESSAU

Contemporary, Modern, Bauhaus Architecture

Join us for this very special tour to Berlin, and experience the excitement of the proliferation of new architecture as a construction boom followed the fall of the Wall in 1989.

See the stunningly Post-Modernist I. M. Pei wing that was added to the old German Historical Museum; Frank Gehry's spectacular DG Bank Building near the Brandenburg Gate; Sir Norman Foster's Parliament Building within the Reichstag; Daniel Libeskind‘s aluminium-clad Jewish Museum, in the form of a silver lightning bolt "reviving what was destroyed". The innovative buildings of Potsdamer Platz mark Berlin as an international city, but not forgetting the old, including: Alvar Aalto’s Flats at Hansaviertel, 1955-57; Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s Altes Museum, 1823-1830; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s New National Gallery, 1962-1968. And much more!

After five nights in Berlin, we travel to Dessau for two more nights to visit the Bauhaus Foundation in depth. Constructed in 1925-26 from plans by Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus designs united art and technology and ushered in a modern industrial culture. Return to Berlin for flights home.

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GREAT BRITAIN: LONDON, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW

Featuring CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH in Glasgow

The ten day tour begins in London for FOUR DAYS, focusing on contemporary architecture with expert local guides.
Discover the latest architecture in the City of London, continuing the next day on the new Jubilee Underground line to the Docklands, on the eastern end of London.   The Docklands, a deteriorating shipping area along the Thames, recently underwent a massive redevelopment. Now Canary Wharf is a thriving and vibrant center for business (see below) and banking, and the train stations were designed by foremost British architects, such as Sir Norman Foster and Sir Richard Rogers. Also see the London Eye (see above) ferris wheel erected to celebrate the Millennium, the new Tate Modern art museum designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron in the former Bankside Power Station.

Then fly to Edinburgh for the next three days. Our Scottish Guide will show us the highlights of Edinburgh by coach and on foot: Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Mile, and the Museum of Scotland, with a private tour led by architect Peter Wilson. Also, a special tour to see the new Scottish Parliament.

There will be a half-day excursion in the countryside of East Lothian, visiting some beautiful homes and gardens: Gosford House, the private home of the Earl and Countess of Wemyss, famous for its alabaster interior; Greywalls Hotel (1901) by Edwin Lutjens, with garden by Gertrude Jekyll; Arniston House, an 18th century Palladian villa by noted architect William Adam); and the 12th century substantial ruins of Dirleton Castle.

And finally, for some, the highlight of the entire tour: three days in Glasgow exploring most of the work of Glasgow-born architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). After visiting his masterpiece, Hill House (at right), designed for publisher William Blackie in Helensburgh, explore the magnificent countryside of the Trossachs, and Loch Lomond, on the last day of the tour.

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ITALY: FLORENCE & VENICE

Fiesole, Siena, San Gimignano, Padova, & Palladian Villas

Meet in Florence for the start of this nine day adventure in beautiful  Italy! Stay five nights in FLORENCE at a charming boutique hotel and explore the city's many artistic and historic venues on foot. Discover works by Michelangelo, Donatello, Cellini, and the most revered artists of the Renaissance.

              Il Duomo, Florence                                      Cathedral of Siena

Several excursions will take us to the outskirts of Florence, the Roman town of Fiesole, and beyond, to medieval Siena, and historic San Gimignano.

Then travel by coach to romantic VENICE, stopping at the medieval cities of Ferrara and Padova en route. Stay four nights in Venice at another charming boutique hotel. Tour the exquisite sites of Venice, the Grand Canal, the Doge's Palace, Basilica San Marco, and the renowned Peggy Guggenheim Collection of modern art.





         Villa Foscari, by Andreas Palladio

Spend a day in the countryside of the Veneto exploring some of the elegant villas designed by architect Andrea Palladio in the 16th century.

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NETHERLANDS & BELGIUM

AMSTERDAM TO ANTWERP : GRAND RIVER CRUISE

"Tulips & Windmills"

Uniworld riverboat, The River Queen

9-night river cruise from Amsterdam ( Netherlands ) to Antwerp ( Belgium ), with 10 shore excursions fully hosted by English-speaking guides

Celebrate the very best of Holland and Belgium

Whatever comes to mind when you think of the Netherlands and Belgium —countless colorful canals, whimsical windmills, vibrant tulips, the art of Rembrandt and Van Gogh, rich maritime history—experience them in all their real-life glory.

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Bruges , Belgium

Sail during the beauty and warmth of spring

This perfectly-paced springtime cruise takes you to the historic windmills cre showcase of

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TWO-DAY PRE-CRUISE OPTIONAL ARCHITECTURE TOUR:

AMSTERDAM - CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ Van Gogh Museum , Exhibition Wing

Two nights at a charming Art Nouveau hotel in central Amsterdam, two half days and one full day of touring contemporary architecture with our local architect guide, including a surprise visit to a sculptor's studio, where she lives and works on the boat she rehabbed 25 years ago.

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TWO-DAY POST-CRUISE OPTIONAL ARCHITECTURE TOUR: APRIL 7 - 9

BRUSSELS - ART NOUVEAU & ART DECO

Victor Horta House 1898-1901 Hotel Tassel (Horta) 1893-97

Our local Belgian architecture guide will whisk us on a two day tour of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco architecture for which Brussels is so beloved. Two nights in a central Brussels hotel.

PORTUGAL & SPAIN: SANTIAGO CALATRAVA IN IBERIA
Lisbon, Valencia, Barcelona, and Bilbao

Unique tour of works in Spain and Portugal by renowned Spanish architect SANTIAGO CALATRAVA, whose spectacular recent addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum has created great excitement in America. (See photo below of the Hemisferic (Planetarium), City of Science, Valencia)

Three nights in Lisbon, two nights in Valencia, two nights in Barcelona, and two nights in Bilbao. See architecture by Calatrava in each of these cities.

Also: explore other great works of art and architecture such as Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Discover the fantastic modernist architecture of Antoni Gaudi, and see Mies van der Rohe's elegant pavillion designed for the 1929 International Exposition, in Barcelona.

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SPAIN: BARCELONA, BILBAO and MADRID

Art and Architecture Tour

Ten day trip to northern Spain especially to see the exciting new Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Tour starts with three nights in Barcelona (works by Antoni Gaudi (see Casa Mila at right), Mies van der Rohe, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali on the Costa Brava).

Next, three nights in Bilbao (Gehry’s Guggenheim, an elegant pedestrian bridge and a brand-new airport by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, and subway stations designed by British architect Sir Norman Foster, a day in San Sebastian),

And conclude with four nights in Madrid (the Prado, the contemporary Reina Sofia, Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, El Escorial), etc., etc.!

Many special features, private studio visits, exquisite meals, on this exclusive tour.

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SPAIN: From BARCELONA to SEVILLE
(VALENCIA, GRANADA, CORDOBA)

Meet the group in BARCELONA to begin our tour with highlights of Architecture by Modernist Antoni GAUDI and contemporaries, and Art by native Catalan artists Joan MIRO and Pablo PICASSO.

Continue by coach, first to VALENCIA, site of SANTIAGO CALATRAVA's City of Arts and Sciences, a large-scale urban recreation center for culture and science (which also incorporates L’Oceanogràfic, an underwater city designed by the late Felix Candela.)

Calatrava's Hemisferic (Planetarium), Valencia Calatrava's El Alamillo Bridge, Seville

Next stop GRANADA, home of the incomparable Alhambra Palace, then on to ancient city of CORDOBA en route to SEVILLE. Spend three nights in this vibrant capital of Andalucia exploring it's fascinating Roman, Moorish, Judaic and Christian past, and some contemporary developments that continue to make this one of the loveliest cities of Spain.

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TORONTO & BUFFALO An International Weekend

The Art Gallery of Ontario is also planning a major expansion, the first major project in Canada for the world-famous architect, Frank Gehry, who was born in Toronto. The intended redesign incorporates the present structure of the AGO. It is to be completed in 2007. (see schematic design below)

In Toronto, explore the city’s HISTORIC & CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE, and take a day's excursion back across the Canadian border to nearby Buffalo, NY, to see the renowned Albright-Knox Art Gallery, and Frank Lloyd Wright masterpieces: the Darwin D. Martin House (‘04) (see image above), the Barton House (‘03), and Graycliff (‘27), the Martins’ summer estate.

Stop to marvel at Niagara Falls and dine at the Pinnacle Restaurant

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USA Destinations

ALASKA: Anchorage + cruise to Vancouver

Meet the group in Anchorage, Alaska. Two nights in Anchorage - see a residence by John Lautner, and architecture by William Bergenthal. One night at Talkeetna Lodge, spectacular views of Mt. McKinley. Seven-night Celebrity Cruise from Seward to Vancouver B.C.

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Enjoy the first day cruising from Seward, AK to Hubbard Glacier, then four days calling at ports of Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point, and Ketchikan, before cruising the last day through the Inside Passage to Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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ARKANSAS: E. FAY JONES, ARCHITECT

Thorncrown Chapel, Eureka Springs , AR                                    Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel, Bella Vista , AR

Visit the studio of E. Fay Jones and about a dozen private residences, in and near Fayetteville, designed by this award- winning organic architect who once apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright.

Highlights include two magnificent chapels in the woods, Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, and Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in Bella Vista.

Travel also to Fort Smith and Little Rock to see other work by E. Fay Jones, and the new Anthony Chapel in Garvan Woodland Gardens, Hot Springs - designed by Maurice Jennings and David McKee, who worked with Fay Jones and continue where he left off.

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AULDBRASS PLANTATION
plus Savannah, GA and Beaufort, SC

Living Room at Auldbrass Plantation

Tour begins in SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, our home base for two nights of Southern hospitality. Discover the elegant squares of the renowned Historic District, focusing on the architecture and fine ironwork.

The highlight of this three day tour is a visit to the AULDBRASS PLANTATION, designed in Yemassee, South Carolina, by Frank Lloyd Wright. Every two years, the Beaufort Open Land Trust sponsors a public access weekend, and we have arranged for special admission to the grounds BEFORE it opens to the public. After a picnic lunch at the nearby Twickenham Plantation, tour Beaufort, S.C., a preserved Low Country town with homes dating to the 18th century.

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BOSTON & VICINITY: Salem, Lincoln, Hartford, Providence

Art and Architecture Tour

With Boston as our home base, travel by coach through beautiful New England, exploring art and architecture. Begin in Boston with visits to the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, and Henry Hobson Richardson's Trinity Church (see above).

In Salem, famous for the witch trials of 1692, visit the Peabody Essex Museum and historic houses from three centuries. In Lincoln, see the Gropius House, designed for his family by German-born architect Walter Gropius, who came to the Boston area to head Harvard's School of Architecture before the World War II. Also in Lincoln, discover the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, a contemporary art museum in a beautiful setting.

Explore wonderful museums Hartford CT (Wadsworth Athenaeum and the Mark Twain House) and Providence RI (Rhode Island School of Design). Many art museums have been building exciting new works of art to house their works of art!

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DALLAS & FORT WORTH

Art & Architecture

Visit exciting contemporary architecture in Fort Worth and Dallas in the company of Ft. Worth architect Mark Gunderson.

Fort Worth Modern Art Museum, designed by Tadao Ando

See buildings by four AIA Gold Medal winners in the Dallas/Fort Worth area: Louis Kahn; E. Fay Jones; Philip Johnson; and I. M. Pei.

In Fort Worth, see the new Modern Art Museum by Tadao Ando, and in Dallas, major buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright (Dallas Theater Center), I. M. Pei, (Meyerson Symphony Center), Edward Larrabee Barnes (Dallas Art Museum), and the splendid museum and sculpture garden by Renzo Piano (Nasher Sculpture Center).

Private homes, with great art collections, by architects Antoine Predock, Steven Holl, Richard Meier, Paul Rudolph, and others.

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FLORIDA: ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN TOUR

Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Lakeland

Start with two days in Jacksonville with Robert Broward, a former Taliesin architect who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright. He’ll show us many of his own designs, plus the work of Prairie architect Henry John Klutho, who was deeply influenced by Wright and Louis Sullivan. Next, a day in St. Augustine, the oldest city in the nation, and then on to Lakeland for two more days.

The largest concentration of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings is at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, including chapels, library, administration building, seminar buildings, classroom buildings, and connecting esplanades.

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FLORIDA MODERNISM

Sarasota School of Architecture

In the company of architecture specialists from the Sarasota Architectural

In the company of architecture specialists from the Sarasota Architectural Foundation, explore the work of architects who collectively became known as the Sarasota School of Architecture. Their "Florida Modern" style flourished in the 50's, led by Paul Rudolph (Cohen House photo above right) and Ralph Twitchell, followed by Gene Leedy (Leedy House photo above left), Mark Hampton, Tim Seibert, Carl Abbott, Guy Peterson, and others who are still active today.

Visit homes by many of the above architects, in Sarasota, Winter Haven, and Lakeland, Florida. Also in Lakeland, see the complex of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College.

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HAWAI'I Architecture Tour

Hawaiian architecture is a distinctive style of architectural arts developed and employed primarily in the Hawaiian islands of the present-day United States — buildings and various other structures indicative of the people of Hawaii and the environment and culture in which they live.

Hawaiian architecture is said to tell the story of how indigenous native Hawaiians and their complex society in ancient times slowly evolved with the infusion of new styles from beyond its borders, from the early European traders, the visiting whalers and fur trappers from the Canadian wilderness, the missions of the New Englanders and French Catholics, the communes of the Latter Day Saints from Utah, the plantation laborer cultures from the Orient to the modern American metropolis that Honolulu is today.

Frank Lloyd Wright designed two houses, both adapted after his death by the Taliesin Architects. The Grand Waikapu Country Club on Maui was originally designed as a home for Marilyn Monroe, and a Hemicycle House on the Big Island of Hawaii was originally designed for a site in Pennsylvania.

In addition to discovering the architecture of Honolulu, we'll visit art venues including the Contemporary Art Museum, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and Doris Duke's spectacular home, Shangri-La.

On the Big Island, there will be a full day to explore Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

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LAS VEGAS: ART & ARCHITECTURE TOUR

With the opening of the Mirage more than ten years ago, the current wave of fantasy architecture was launched, and there are no signs of this trend slowing down.    Hotel design has been increasingly extravagant, with fine art becoming more and more relevant.

The Guggenheim Museum has recently opened two museums inside the palatial Venetian, both designed by internationally acclaimed Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.   The Hermitage-Guggenheim Museum showcases intimate exhibitions from the holdings of both museums, while the Guggenheim Museum Las Vegas mounts larger travelling shows.   The Bellagio has its own Gallery of Fine Art, exhibiting world class art from exclusive collections.

Join us for tours of major hotels and an architecture tour of the City of Las Vegas, focusing on the city’s growing interest in culture, taste and substance. For example, the Clark County Library designed by Michael Graves, with an accompanying art gallery, and the Las Vegas Library designed by Antoine Predock, which also has a children’s Discovery Museum. The Liberace Museum, recently expanded, is not to be missed, as well as the Boneyard, a museum for retired neon signs. Only in Las Vegas!   We also plan to visit a couple of private residences of artistic and architectural significance and take in a performance of Cirque du Soleil.

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LOS ANGELES: WRIGHT & OTHER ARCHITECTURE

Our popular tour to Southern California, featuring the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, and California architects who worked with the master and continued on their own: his son Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, Rudolf Schindler, John Lautner.

..... Greene & Greene’s fabulous Gamble House, the homes and studios of Charles and Ray Eames, Ray Kappe, and FLLW’s grandson Eric Lloyd Wright, our host for special visits. .

...also included is Richard Meier’s monumental Getty Center complex (above), plus new examples of contemporary architecture: Rafael Moneo's Cathedral of the Angels, Frank Gehry's Disney Concert Hall, and more!+

THIS TOUR IS A MUST FOR EVERY SERIOUS ARCHITECTURE ENTHUSIAST!

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MICHIGAN: ALDEN DOW in MIDLAND

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MILWAUKEE & WISCONSIN: ART & ARCHITECTURE TOUR
SANTIAGO CALATRAVA FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT*

Milwaukee is the destination for this four-day tour, featuring the brand-new spectacular expansion of the Milwaukee Art Museum by renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Also see the Bradley Sculpture Gardens, on the suburban estate of the late Peg and Harry Lynde Bradley, prominent art patrons and major donors to the Art Museum collection.

Wisconsin is where Frank Lloyd Wright was born, and where you’ll find the largest number of his buildings, spanning 82 years. In the Milwaukee area discover unique Burnham Street, where all six houses on the north side of the 2700 block were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911 as American System Ready-cut prefab plans. In 1916, Arthur L. Richards built four duplexes and two small houses, none supervised by Wright during construction, however. Visit the Frederick C. Bogk Residence (’16) on Milwaukee’s East Side, and see several houses in Milwaukee's northern suburbs.

In Racine, visit the S C Johnson Wax Administration Building and Wingspread. In Madison, see the newest Wright building in Wisconsin: the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, designed in 1938 but unbuilt for nearly 60 years. Also visit private Wright-designed homes: the Herbert Jacobs I Residence (’36), the first built Usonian House, the E. A. Gilmore Residence, Airplane House (’08), and others.

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MILWAUKEE & CHICAGO

CContemporary architecture in Milwaukee has been spurred by Santiago Calatrava’s expansion to the Milwaukee Art Museum. Get an in-depth tour at the museum and a comprehensive tour of what’s going on in Milwaukee now, and see several great buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright in the area.

Stay at the private Milwaukee Athletic Club the first night and then travel to Chicago for two nights at the Sheraton on the Chicago River.

In Chicago, enjoy an eye-opening Architecture Cruise on the Chicago River, and a walking tour covering classic works by Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and others.

See the special exhibition “Seurat and the Making of La Grand Jatte” at the Art Institute of Chicago, and have lunch there with the Director of Publications, Susan Rossen. Special visits to private homes and art collections, too.

Contemporary architecture abounds: the Pritzker Music Pavilion (above) in Millennium Park by Frank Gehry, a new student center designed by Rem Koolhaas and dormitory by Helmut Jahn at the Illinois Institute of Technology. And so much more.

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MINNEAPOLIS Art & Architecture Tour

New for art lovers: the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; has a new addition by Michael Graves; the contemporary Walker Art Center (together with its 11-acre Minneapolis Sculpture Garden) has a new building by Herzog and de Meuron; and visit the University of Minnesota’s Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, designed by Frank Gehry.

More new architecture: the new Guthrie Theatre, by Jean Nouvel; the Library by Cesar Pelli,; and much more!

And, of course, private homes by Frank Lloyd Wright and John Howe, one of Wright’s distinguished apprentices, as well as prairie architects William Purcell and George Elmslie.

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NEW MEXICO: SANTA FE, TAOS, ABIQUIU Art and Architecture Tour

See the enchanting art and architecture of scenic New Mexico. Fly into Albuquerque and travel by private coach directly to Santa Fe for two nights.

Then on to Taos for two more nights, stopping first at Georgia O'Keeffe's home and studio in Abiquiu.

Also studio visits with artists and artisans, art galleries, museums (including the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe), an Indian Pueblo, Spanish weavers at Chimayo, and more.

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ART LOVERS TOUR TO NEW YORK

Four-day art tour to New York City designed for art lovers.

Museum tours,

Many special features, private studio visits, exquisite meals, on this exclusive tour.

MILWAUKEE & WISCONSIN: ART & ARCHITECTURE TOUR SANTIAGO CALATRAVA * FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

MILWAUKEE & WISCONSIN: ART & ARCHITECTURE TOUR
SANTIAGO CALATRAVA FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT*