Travelrite International Architecture Tours

Santiago Calatrava's Transport Hub New York City
Santiago Calatrava's Transport Hub New York City

Architecture Tour of USA, Mexico & Cuba

 

25 May to 12 June  2021

A whole new approach to our USA contemporary and modern architecture tour in 2020 begins in New York to travel through the eastern and south east states. We have included a few classics by Frank Lloyd Wright yet discover a new tranche of very recent contemporary buildings. Like all our great tours, our return guests echo our dream of these tours being architectural pilgrimages. We see exciting outstanding contemporary buildings by distinguished architects like Santiago Calatrava’s Polytechnic, alongside Wrights Southern Florida University.

 

After New York Washington and Tampa, and Miami, this grand tour has created an opportunity to meander south to Mexico to discover the Mayan civilisation.. We then take a short flight across to Havana in Cuba

 

Open to guests of all persuasions, not just architects, our itinerary includes exceptional buildings with orientation tours of the many delights in each city

 

This provides a balance of classics and new dynamic contemporary buildings in the USA today. We have also allowed adequate time for guests to individually enjoy personal ambitions of their choice, or time to enjoy galleries, visit museums and share the sheer pleasures these beautiful places have to offer

 

Architects include Saarinen, Herzog & de Meuron, Calatrava, Foster, DS+RN, BIG, Piano, Hadid and Gehry, plus Frank Lloyd Wright

 

 

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Tour Itinerary USA 2021 USA, Mexico & Cuba
Tour Brochure
usa_mexico_cuba_architecture_tour_FINAL.
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E Guide to USA 2021 USA, Mexico & Cuba
Guide includes essential information for each building + links to websites for further information + photo + videos with architects
E Guide USA 2020 v2.4 .pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 4.2 MB
Amanda Levete, MAAT Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
Amanda Levete, MAAT Museum, Lisbon, Portugal

Architecture Tour

of Portugal, Spain and The Mediterranean

31 July -18 August 2019

 

This Grand Tour extends across the southern parts of Europe again following a theme to discover great examples of modern and contemporary architecture and appreciate the recent work of outstanding architects such as Foster, Piano, Calatrava, Utzon, Mies van der Rohe, Gaudi and Zaha Hadid many of whom are Pritzker Prize winners. 

 

The Tour begins in Lisbon travelling across to Valencia, Majorca and Barcelona to then board the Emerald Princess ona Mediterranean Cruise  around the coastal ports of Gibraltar, France and Italy. Tour includes exciting, outstanding and recent 21C buildings with a significant new direction in having 7 nights at sea with less time travelling between cities by bus and more time to rest and enjoy our world.

 

Our itinerary provides a balance of time out during the tour but still as much to see as you could wish. We have also allowed adequate time for guests to visit fantastic new art galleries and theatres independently and share the pleasures these beautiful and vibrant nearby cities have to offer. Not to be missed!.

 

 

Information                        www.travelrite.com.au/arc.shtml

Contact email for Bookings  sales@travelrite.com.au

 

 

E Guide to Europe 19 Portugal Spain and the Mediterranean
Guide includes essential information for each building + links to websites for further information + photo + videos and some interviews with architects
Europe 2019 v1.9 links version.pdf
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Tour Daily Itinerary Europe 19 Portugal Spain and the Mediterranean
ARCHEUR19 - Daily Itinerary.pdf
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Tour Brochure Europe 19 Portugal Spain and the Mediterranean
ARCHEUR19.pdf
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 USA Team October 2018 on steps of  'Farnsworth House' Chicago
USA Team October 2018 on steps of 'Farnsworth House' Chicago

Past Architecture Tour of the USA  9-30 October 2018

This guided tour, provides a unique opportunity for architects and those interested in visiting the great modern and contemporary buildings of the 20th and 21st century in the USA. The tour includes the most outstanding top sixteen Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.. Whilst Wright was a powerful influence on the Twentieth Century and its architecture, we also parallel the study of Wright with major projects of 10 significant contemporary architects designated by the American Institute of Architects.

More Information available from Travelrite Website

Architecture Tour of the USA  9-30 October 2018  Fully Booked

Fallingwater, Bear Run Pennsylvania, Frank Lloyd Wright 1937
Fallingwater, Bear Run Pennsylvania, Frank Lloyd Wright 1937
Tour Brochure
GLG0387_usa_architecture_tour.pdf
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E Guide USA 2018 v2.pdf
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Drawings USA 2018 v2 lge.pdf
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Malcolm Carver
Malcolm Carver
Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport Zaha Hadid
Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport Zaha Hadid

Past Contemporary Architecture Tour

Iceland Scandinavia England & Scotland

4-24 August 2018

Recent contemporary architecture coupled with iconic modern buildings, by outstanding award-winning and internationally renowned architects including Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Jorn Utzon, Santiago Calatrava, Charles Rennie Mackintosh Daniel Libeskind, Denton, Corker Marshall, Stephen Holl and Zaha Hadid.

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Contact email for Bookings  sales@travelrite.com.au

 

 

Our Group with Jan Utzon at his house north of Copenhagen
Our Group with Jan Utzon at his house north of Copenhagen
Photograph from Phantom Drone @ Jan Utzon's House Copenhagen
Photograph from Phantom Drone @ Jan Utzon's House Copenhagen

Tour Downloads

Tour Brochure
GLG0354_architecture_iceland_scand_londo
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E Guide Europe 2018 v 2.0 Med.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document 15.0 MB