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Here you will find details of all planned tours and excursions during the conference period. You can also download the full Accommodation, Tours and Excursions brochure. To book any of these tours and excursions please complete the form included in the brochure and return it to the official agents, Event Architects, at:
Event Architects
Attention: IBA
311 W Walton, Chicago IL 60610
Fax: +1 (312) 879-0187
E-mail: gchichester@eventbuilding.com
A: Chicago – The Grand Excursion - 4 hours
US$34 per person, minimum 40 persons
A1 Sunday 17 September 1100-1500
A2 Monday 18 September 1100-1500
A3 Tuesday 19 September 1100-1500
A4 Wednesday 20 September 1100-1500
This is a comprehensive excursion of everything that Chicago has to offer. You’ll travel by bus through the North Side and South Side business and residential districts. Visit all of the beautiful parks and travel virtually the entire length of the scenic Outer Drive from Lincoln Park, 1,000 acres of greenery, lagoons, flowers, and zoo to Jackson Park, where the Columbian Exposition of 1893 was held to celebrate the founding of America 400 years earlier.
You’ll go through Grant Park, the front lawn of the city and site of Soldier Field, Adler Planetarium, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Field Museum of Natural History. A stop will be made at the fascinating Lincoln Park Conservatory and a camera stop will be made at the Museum Campus for its breathtaking view.
You’ll tour the famous ‘Loop’ and State Street, travel by the striking Richard J Daley Plaza with its acknowledged masterpiece, the Picasso sculpture. You will also take a ride along the Chicago River on Wacker Drive and tour Michigan Avenue, where you’ll find Chicago’s most exclusive stores. Wrigley Field – the home of the Cubs, Chicago Historical Society, and the famed Newberry Reference Library will also be seen. Here is a tour full of interest, history, and beauty!
Included: Excursion guide and bus service.
B: Architecture River Cruise - 2 hours
US$29 per person, minimum 15 persons
B1 Sunday 17 September 1400-1600
B2 Monday 18 September 1000-1200
B3 Tuesday 19 September 1400-1600
B4 Wednesday 20 September 1000-1200
Marvel at Chicago’s soaring towers while enjoying a 90-minute, narrated river cruise. This excursion spotlights more than 50 architecturally significant sites where you will discover a new perspective on the city. Come aboard either Chicago’s First Lady or Chicago’s Little Lady, where both open-air and climate-controlled indoor seating are available. Snacks and beverages can be purchased on board.
Note: All passengers boarding vessels for the CAF Architecture River Cruise (and their carry-on items) are subject to inspection pursuant to US Coast Guard/Department of Homeland Security regulations. Identification is required. Please meet at the lower level southeast corner of Wacker and Michigan.
C: Park Glide Segway® Excursion - 3 hours
US$83 per person, minimum 15 persons
C1 Monday 18 September 1000-1300
C2 Wednesday 20 September 1000-1300
The Segway® Human Transporter (HT) is the first of its kind – self-balancing personal transportation designed to go anywhere you go. The Segway HT requires no special skills and virtually anyone can use one.
The Segway Experience includes several excellent Chicago Skyline photo stops as guests glide along the perimeter of Millennium Park, through Daley Bicentennial Plaza, then southbound along the Lakefront Bike Path. You’ll glide all the way to Museum Campus, around the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium, followed by a visit to Buckingham Fountain and the Rose Gardens of Grant Park, hearing fascinating stories and historical information about our city. An unsual way to explore Chicago.
Included: Excursion guide and staff
Note: Rain ponchos are available if needed.
D: Untouchable Excursion - 2 hours
US$59 per person, minimum 15 persons
D1 Monday 18 September 1000-1200
You will experience Chicago as it was during the 1920s and 30s and perceived to be by many today. This totally different adventure takes visitors to the old gangster hot spots and hit spots!
‘Hooligan‘ guides will provide historically accurate accounts of the exploits of Capone, Moran, Dillinger, etc.
You’ll feel the excitement of jazz-age Chicago during the era of Prohibition as you travel into the past and the city in search of the old hoodlum haunts, brothels, gambling dens and sites of gangland shootouts!
Included: Excursion guide.
E: Chicago Botanic Gardens - 5 hours
US$105 per person, minimum 15 persons
E1 Tuesday 19 September 1000-1500
E2 Friday 22 September 1000-1500
There’s no better way to see the Chicago Botanic Garden than on an excursion. Put on your walking shoes for a guided stroll through the Garden, settle back for a leisurely narrated tram ride, and then continue on for a ‘behind-the-scenes’ excursion of the Production Greenhouse. You’ll be delighted by what you see and learn in the 23 gardens – every season of the year! The excursion includes lunch and special discounts at the Botanic Gardens’ shops.
Included: Lunch, merchandise discount, staff escort, and van service.
F: Downtown Deco - 3 hours
US$21 per person, minimum 20 persons
F1 Tuesday 19 September 1300-1600
F2 Thursday 21 September 1300-1600
The period termed ‘art deco’ manifested itself roughly from 1920-1939. Many actually stretch this period back to 1900 and even as far forward as the late 1950s; but work of this time is generally considered to be more of an influence to the Art Deco style, or having been influenced by the style. As with many other art movements, even work of today is still being influenced by the past.
Join your guide as we admire the soaring exteriors and opulent interiors of some of Chicago’s most magnificent Art Deco skyscrapers. You’ll learn about the origins of this short-lived but lively architectural style; the difference between Jazz Deco, Classical Deco and Streamlined Deco and the important role that Chicago played in the international Art Deco movement.
This excursion consists of extensive walking.
Included: Staff guide.
G: Lakefront by Bike - 4 hours
US$41 per person, minimum 20 persons
G1 Tuesday 19 September 1000-1400
G2 Wednesday 20 September 1300-1700
Cycle past scenic boat harbours, parks, and architectural treasures from elegant Streeterville through to the Museum Campus, all built on landfill and now some of the world’s most valuable real estate. Stop at key locations and learn about Chicago’s dynamic architecture, sculpture, and ongoing developments, including Millennium Park and River East. View the new addition to Soldier Field and surrounding parkland. The excursion concludes at the Adler Planetarium. You are then on your own to explore Navy Pier.
Included: Bike rental and staff guide.
Note: Please bring identification and credit card.
H: Tiffany Glass - 2.5 hours
US$27 per person, minimum 15 persons
H1 Wednesday 20 September 1000-1230
This excursion examines four of Chicago’s most magnificent art glass and mosaic installations, each of which were designed and crafted by the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company. Included are a vault, domes, a rotunda, and light fixtures in four late-19th century landmark buildings: the Art Institute of Chicago, the Marquette Building, the Chicago Cultural Center and Marshall Field’s (Macys) on State Street.
Note: The excursion fee includes general admission to the Art Institute for the excursion AND museum admission for one additional day.
Included: Staff guide.
I: Chicago Sailing Regatta - 4 hours
US$225 per person, minimum 15 persons
(4-6 delegates per boat depending on total number of participants)
I1 Wednesday 20 September 0900-1300
The Chicago sailing community firmly believes that sailing is more than just a sport; it’s a way of life. Experience the thrill of the crowded starting lines, tight mark roundings, exhilarating spinnaker rides and nail-biting finishes. Join your colleagues for an exciting afternoon on Lake Michigan as you compete in the IBA Regatta.
Food and beverages are included in this excursion.
Included: Half-day regatta, food and beverage, staff escort, and trolley service.
If you are interested in this or other tours of this kind, please contact Gary Chichester at Event Architects at +1 (312) 879-0186, ext 16, or gchichester@eventbuilding.com.
J: Lake Michigan Charter Boat Sport Fishing for Salmon and Trout - 7 hours
US$355 per person, minimum 8 persons
J1 Thursday 21 September 0900-1600
The west shore of Lake Michigan, North of Chicago, is the most productive salmon and trout fishing area (May-October). Fish the Lake from the Illinois-Wisconsin border, South of Kenosha, Wisconsin at the new State of Illinois North Point Marina located in Winthrop Harbor, North of Waukegan; boats will depart from this point. These waters offer the best salmon and trout fishing on Lake Michigan.
Captain Jim is not interested in taking you for just a boat ride; he wants you to catch fish! He considers his job to provide a safe, comfortable atmosphere, as well as find the fish, and then he lets you take it from there. He also ties his own flies and will do whatever it takes to get the job done. He will work with you on your level of experience, from a ‘first timer’ to an ‘old salt’ and will do the best he can to ensure that all guests have a great time.
Included: Fishing licence, food and beverage aboard the van and boat, staff escort, and van service
If you are interested in this or other tours of this kind, please contact Gary Chichester at Event Architects at +1 (312) 879-0186, ext 16, or gchichester@eventbuilding.com.
K: Frank Lloyd Wright by Bus - 5.5 hours
US$60 per person, minimum 20 persons
K1 Thursday 21 September 1000-1530
Considered the most influential architect of his time, Frank Lloyd Wright designed about 1,000 structures, some 400 of which were built. He described his ‘organic architecture’ as one that ‘proceeds, persists, creates, according to the nature of man and his circumstances as they both change’. As a pioneer whose ideas were well ahead of his time, Wright had to fight for acceptance of every new design.
Trace the development of the Prairie Style in Oak Park and River Forest, amid the world’s highest concentration of Wright buildings. Exteriors of more than 25 houses will be explained from the bus and in guided walks through three neighborhoods. Follow Wright’s career from 1889 to 1913, when his original architectural concepts were changing the face of the American family home.
Included: Home and studio tour and bus service.
L: Architecture Highlights by Bus - 4.5 hours
US$54 per person, minimum 20 persons
L1 Friday 22 September 1000-1430
Discover the exciting diversity of Chicago’s finest buildings on this wide-ranging excursion. This excursion, which features an interior tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, covers 30 miles of Chicago architecture, including the Loop, Hyde Park, the Gold Coast, several historic districts, university campuses, parks, and residential neighbourhoods. Stops include Mies van der Rohe’s Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) campus and the Rookery in downtown Chicago. The interior tour to the Robie House is given by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust.
Included: Staff guide and coach service.
M Mackinac Island - 3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS
US$1,160 per person, based on double occupancy
M1 Pre-Conference Tour
M2 Post-Conference Tour
Mackinac Island is the truly ‘all natural’ theme park of America. Limited to transportation by horse and cart, bicycle or foot, surrounded by water, it has escaped the vast changes of time. Its real Victorian image is preserved and enhanced by a small population of 500 permanent residents and scores of summer residents, maintaining bluff cottages in their original state.
Families, especially children, love their relatively new found ‘mobility’, exploring the historic, natural beauty of Mackinac Island State Park, honoured by National Geographic as being one of the ten finest in America.
Guests will enjoy the ambience of the Grand Hotel. Built in 1887, the hotel boasts 385 guest rooms with no two rooms decorated the same. At 660 feet, the Grand Hotel’s front porch is the world’s longest. It takes 500,000 gallons of water to fill the hotel’s swimming pool, named for actress Esther Williams, who starred in the 1949 movie This Time for Keeps, filmed at the Grand Hotel. In addition to numerous Hollywood stars, five US Presidents have visited the Grand Hotel: Harry Truman, John Kennedy, Gerald Ford,
George H W Bush and Bill Clinton.
The grounds at the Grand are magnificent. The Mackinac Bridge, visible from the hotel, was opened in 1957 and joins Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas. At 8,614 feet, it is the longest suspension bridge in North America. The Grand Hotel’s front porch flowers include 2,500 geraniums in 260 planting boxes. Over one tonne of bulbs are planted in the fall each year, including 25,000 tulips and 15,000 daffodils. More than 125,000 bedding plants (annuals) are used to create the gardens throughout the hotel grounds. Guests will have free time to enjoy their stay in this beautiful setting.
Included: Three days and two nights at the Grand Hotel, a full breakfast and five-course dinner each night, airfare from Chicago O’Hare International Airport, and airport transfer (via ferry).
Transfer to/from Chicago hotel, not included.
N: Yellowstone National Park - 3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS
US$1,200 per person, based on double occupancy
N1 Pre-Conference Tour
N2 Post-Conference Tour
Yellowstone National Park is a US National Park located in the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Yellowstone is the first and oldest national park in the world and covers 3,470 square miles (8,980 km²), mostly in the northwest corner of Wyoming. The park is famous for its various geysers, hot springs, and other geothermal features and is home to grizzly bears and wolves, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk. It is the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, one of the largest intact temperate zone ecosystems remaining on the planet.
A choice of two of the following day tours are included:
- Old Faithful / Canyon Tour (Lower Loop);
- Evening Wildlife Sightseeing and Photo Tour
(Upper Yellowstone); - Grand Teton/Jackson Hole – includes the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway;
and admission to the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center.
These tours are designed to give you a sample of Yellowstone Country – all you have to do is enjoy. Relax in our comfortable West Yellowstone accommodations; enjoy guided tours in new deluxe vans, providing spacious seating to ensure comfort and large, clear windows for maximum viewing and photography opportunities.
Full-day tours include a lunch/dinner picnic and commemorative CD.
Included: Three days and two nights (including breakfast) at either the Holiday Inn Sunspree or the Three Bear Lodge, both are three star rated properties, located in West Yellowstone, welcome prime-rib dinner, two day tours including picnic lunch or picnic dinner, airfare from Chicago O’Hare International Airport, airport transfers, and entrance fee for the park.
Tour pricing is based from and return to Chicago. Transfer to/from Chicago hotel not included.
O: Grand Geneva Spa Getaway - 3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS
US$830 per person, based on double occupancy
O1 Pre-Conference Tour
O2 Post-Conference Tour
The Grand Geneva Spa and Resort was built in 1968 as the Playboy resort. Remodelled in 2002, it is the place that dreams are made of.
Rich history and natural beauty have made it one of the foremost premier vacation destinations in the Midwest. Your retreat begins the moment you enter the winding drive. Set amidst a panorama of rolling hills, picturesque Wisconsin countryside, quaint riding stables and breathtaking golf courses, you will find yourself completely at home in the elegant, yet casual atmosphere.
Grand Geneva Resort is a premier Wisconsin resort with sophisticated accommodation, creative culinary options and award-winning service, set in beautiful Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. From skiing to golf, horseback riding to deluxe spa packages; the Grand Geneva Resort has it all. Or you can spend the day visiting the quaint town of Grand Geneva.
Included: Three days and two nights at the Grand Geneva Spa.
For tours prior to the IBA Conference, there will be an arrival transfer from the airport to Grand Geneva Spa followed by a transfer from Grand Geneva Spa to a Chicago hotel.
For tours after the IBA Conference, transfers will be from a Chicago hotel to Grand Geneva Spa followed by a transfer to either a Chicago hotel or the airport.
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