Explore Orlando’s best architecture
60+ Tours, limited tickets
Experience Orlando’s standout architecture during one of 60+ expertly curated tours, including stops to study Wright, Tiffany, and Calatrava. While you’re at it, have lunch with an astronaut at the Kennedy Space Center!
These featured tours are just a snapshot of our full schedule—500+ intriguing workshops, seminars, tours, and expo credit sessions on the most impactful skills, topics, and trends in architecture and design.
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Child of the Sun: Campus at Florida Southern College
Earns 3 LUs / HSW / GBCI / RIBA
Explore the largest single-site collection of Wright’s work: See how the natural surroundings inspired his designs and learn about his experimentation with sand and alternative materials. Daily departures.
A Celebration of Artistry: Tiffany and Polasek in Winter Park
Earns 3 LUs / HSW / GBCI / RIBA
See the world’s most comprehensive Tiffany collection at the Morse Museum, plus more than 100 of Albin Polasek’s works at the Rome Prize-winning artist’s home and garden.
Calatrava Raises the Roof: Florida Polytechnic University
Earns 2 LUs / HSW / GBCI / RIBA
Experience the unique Calatrava-designed campus, which includes an electronic, bookless library; a robotics lab; an energy-efficient roof with aluminum trellised louvers; and a hybrid manufacturing systems lab housing more than 50 3D printers and scanners. Two daily departures.
Florida’s Best Kept Secret: Mountain Lake and Bok Tower Gardens
Earns 2 LUs / HSW / GBCI / RIBA
Check out Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.’s masterpieces: A contemplative 250-acre garden, a majestic carillon tower, and a private community featuring a wide range of architectural styles.
From Phosphate Mine to Back Nine
Earns 3 LUs / HSW / GBCI / RIBA
Learn how Alphonso Architects turned a 16,000-acre strip mine into an award-winning, 216-room luxury golf and conference resort that incorporates the area’s natural color palettes and textures.
Lunch with an Astronaut: Kennedy Space Center Visitors’ Center
Earns 3 LUs / HSW / GBCI / RIBA
Want to know what it’s like to orbit the Earth? Get a firsthand account over lunch. Includes self-guided access to the Kennedy Space Center. Two departures.
Daytona Rising: Reimagining an American Icon
Earns 3 LUs / GBCI / RIBA
Get the lowdown on the design-build approach that drove the new 100,000-seat stadium’s construction, including logistics that kept race events going during its 2.5 year construction cycle.
The 2017 New American Home and Great American Remodel
Earns 1.5 LUs / HSW / GBCI / RIBA
Get the latest on residential design and technology—including pod living and energy-efficiency innovations—at two show homes built for the 2017 International Builders Show.
The Restorative Power of Nature and Light: Nemours Children’s Hospital
Earns 1.5 LUs / HSW / GBCI / RIBA
See the future of pediatric health care at Nemours Children’s Hospital, which uses nature as a key design concept to transform the hospital into a healing environment. Two departures.
Orlando: Current Innovative Projects for Pre K–12 and Higher Education in the Public and Private Sectors
Earns 6 LUs / HSW / GBCI / RIBA
Take in the local educational architecture scene during stops at five different locations. Find out how one school uses state-of-the-art technology to adapt to teaching styles.