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Architecture Tours America
City Architectural Guides in the USA – Exclusive Building Walks tailor made for Groups
post updated November 2, 2024
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American Architecture Tour: Exclusive Guided Walks
Our American guided tours are specifically arranged to suit individual bookings: e-architect don’t allow bookings to be joined ad hoc. Guided Architecture Tours America are all exclusive to each client.
Should you be planning an office trip, a conference, or university trip in the USA please contact us noting what city you wish to visit.
Architecture Walking Tours in America
American Architecture Tour – Introduction
e-architect have been doing guided architectural city walking tours since 2001.
We’ve architectural tour guides in most major American cities.
During recent years we have expanded our walking tours in more cities in South, Central and North America.
Architectural City Tours in America – Update
North America Architecture City Walks
e-architect offer architecture tour guides in these cities of North America:
New York Architecture Walking Tours
Chicago Architecture Walking Tours
Los Angeles Architecture Walking Tours
San Francisco Architecture Walking Tours
Washington, D.C. Architecture Walking Tours
Mexico City Architectural Walks
e-architect offer architectural tour guides in these cities of South America:
South America City Walks
Rio de Janeiro Architecture Tours
Buenos Aires Architecture Tours
More American architectural city tours will appear online soon. We have a global network of guides available in major cities.
photograph courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson & Anderson Mason Dale Architects
American Architecture Walking Tours – Introduction
An e-architect architectural walking tour tends to focus on key contemporary American buildings. However our guides can usually incorporate specific architectural interests such as the major office buildings in Chicago or the most significant new skyscrapers in New York.
e-architect operate both architecture walking tours and architectural bus tours in America. Our American tour guides have an architectural background and quite a few of them are also architects. Each city offered in America has a standard tour framework but please contact us if you have specific interests.
Architectural Tours in America – Recent Cities Added
Latest American Architectural Walking Tours, launched:
tailor-made architectural tours for groups – these are not daily/weekly walks
Miami Architecture Walking Tours in this booming Florida city.
photo : Nelson Garrido/1111Lincoln Road MBeach1, LLLP
Washington, D.C. Architecture Tours in the US capital city.
image courtesy Freelon Adjaye Bond Smith Group
Las Vegas Architecture Walking Tours in this Nevada desert city famed for iits casinos.
photograph : Steve Hall © HedrichBlessing
North American Architecture Walking Tours
North American Architectural Walking Tours, alphabetical:
Alaska Architecture Walking Tour, USA
Boston Architectural Walking Tours, USA
Chicago Architecture Tour, Illinois, USA, North America
The Windy City is located in the north of the United States of America. Major buildings include the famous skyscrapers – John Hancock Center and the Sears Tower – plus Crown Hall + IIT Buildings and 860-880 Lake Shore Drive.
Celebrated architects with buildings in this city include Zaha Hadid Architects, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Ben van Berkel / UNStudio and Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Famous 20th Century architects to build in the city include Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright and SOM.
Mexico City Architecture Tour, Mexico
Montreal Building Tours, Ontario, Canada
Los Angeles Architectural Tours, USA
New York Architecture Walking Tour, USA
San Francisco Architectural Walking Tours, California, USA, North America
San Francisco is located on the west coast of the United States of America. Major buildings include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, the V. C. Morris Gift Shop and the de Young Museum.
Famous 20th Century architects to have built in the city include Frank Lloyd Wright and Mario Botta. Significant contemporary architects with buildings completed or on site in the city include Daniel Libeskind, Foster + Partners, Herzog & de Meuron, Morphosis Architecture and Snøhetta.
Toronto Architectural Tour, Ontario, Canada, North America
Toronto is located in the south of Canada and is the largest city in the country. Tours can be combined with Montreal or Chicago if groups have sufficient time. Major contemporary buildings include Royal Ontario Museum building by architect Daniel Libeskind and the Ryerson Image Centre by Diamond Schmitt Architects. A major proposed building is Mirvish+Gehry by Gehry Partners.
Vancouver Architecture Walking Tour, BC, Canada, North America
Vancouver is located British Colombia in the northwest of North America. Celebrated recent buildings include the Jameson House and Vancouver Convention Centre West. Significant architects to build in the city include Canadian architectural studios Saucier + Perrotte and LMN Architects. Also working on designs for the city are international design offices Foster + Partners, John McAslan + Partners and BIG.
South American Architecture Walking Tours
South American Architectural Walking Tours, alphabetical:
Brasilia Building Tours, Brazil, South America
Buenos Aires Architecture Tour, Argentina, South America
The Argentine capital – nicknamed Paris of South America due to its elegant streetscape – is the second-largest metropolitan area in South America. The city is the most visited in South America, ahead of Rio and São Paulo.
Rio de Janeiro Buildings Walking Tours, Brazil, South America
Significant buildings in the second largest city in Brazil include Cidade da Musica Roberto Marinho and the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum and the of course the various Olympic and World Cup stadiums and venues.
Famous architects with buildings in Rio include Oscar Niemeyer, Le Corbusier, de Portzamparc and Richard Meier. Other key architects are BCMF Arquitetos, AECOM and Andrade Morettin Arquitetos.
São Paulo Architectural Walking Tours, Brazil, South America
Dubbed the largest city in the southern hemisphere – with around 11 million inhabitants – São Paulo is buoyant economically. Much of the good new architecture in the city is residential and therefore mostly off-limits however our guide can provide a plentiful supply of other cutting-edge designs to visit.
Walking Tours in the United States
American Architectural Tours generally introduce the city’s principal buildings in the United States. However they can also be tailored to your group’s architectural interests, for example focused on high-rise curtain walling or new school buildings in a certain US city.
American Architectural Tours
Contact our office to arrange your US architectural tour: mob. / isabelle(at)e-architect.com
e-architect
e-architect operate architectural walking tours in Alaska, Bogotá, Boston, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Mexico City, Montreal, New York City, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, São Paulo, Toronto and Vancouver.
We aim to add more building tours in American cities shortly.
We welcome interest from architectural guides in the US – please send your CV and introduction.
US Architectural Links
American Building Developments
North American Buildings
Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, USA
Design: Mies van der Rohe architect
Farnsworth House
The Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA
Design: Brad Cloepfil + Allied Works Architecture
Clyfford Still Museum Denver Building
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
Design: Gehry Partners, architects
American Concert Hall Building
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