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Contact: info@glasgowarchitecture.co.uk or 01620 825722 WALKING TOURS OF GLASGOW 'S TRADITIONAL + CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE Walking Tours of Glasgow involves advice ahead of trips re accommodation, dining and of course types and areas of buildings. We can arrange accommodation in contemporary quality hotels, dining in a range of good restaurants and suggested evening entertainment, ie the whole package for a fee. We also provide information on programme, geographical areas and building types up to a year ahead of trips. For example a group of architects interested in innovative social housing could be provided with tailored information allowing a programme to be agreed prior to their visit. Visitors can be met from the airport, their accommodation, or at the starting point of their tour. The Walking Tour can simply be a guided tour of Glasgow. It can be backed up by hand-outs and experts for buildings of special interest, for example a project architect of a certain building. A standard proforma allows a tailored service, eg for larger groups a second guide may be required, some groups are not interested in anything other than the architecture. Other than Glasgow and Strathclyde, we have provided information on Edinburgh and areas within the Lothians. Recent Glasgow Walking Tours include so far in 2006 two English tours, a Swedish tour, a Swiss tour, two Scottish tours and a German Tour; in 2005 we had a repeat visit from the Architects Association of Catalonia, two Swedish groups from White Architects and a group of architecture students from England; and in Edinburgh, the Chicago Architecture Foundation, architects from Lyon, Architects from NBBJ in the USA, the Royal Society of Dutch Architects, Ukrainian architects, two more groups of Dutch architects and numerous UK groups. Please note that arranging restaurants, buses, etc. carries an additional fee. Standard Walking Tours Proforma Glasgow Walking Tours: contact Isabelle Lomholt on 01620 825722 Edinburgh Walking Tours Glasgow Walking Tour Reference: We had a very good time in Glasgow: I have the impression that everybody was very satisfied! As for your tour, we liked very much your intro about the the city´s historic development. Looking at the architecture of the different squares (Ingram, Italian Centre e.g), I found most interesting. And everything about Rennie Mackintosh was to the point! On Saturday we had a nice bus tour: We started out at Graham Square and Homes for the Future and then went on to the dockside prosjects. After that, along the scottish countryside up to Loch Lomond. Even though it was rainy, the Gateway Visitors´centre was worth seeing. But the the rest of the centre was a dog! We had a nice lunch at the Duck Bay restaurant by the shores and then we went to see the Hill House. Your advice about the Hunterian Museum really made our day: we finished our tour there! Thank you very much for guiding us: I won´t hesitate to recommend your city walk to other colleagues visiting Glasgow! Kind regards Eivind Glasgow Tours Edinburgh Walking Tour Reference: 24 Oct 2005 Adrian, I've been meaning to write to you. Thank you so very much for the spectacular job that you did for nbbj! They were so impressed with you and enjoyed the afternoon so much. x asked that I send him your address, so if you could email that to me, it would be great. I think they would like to send you a proper thank you and also keep in touch. I hope we meet next time - I will certainly ask you to lead any groups that I have in Scotland in the future! Very best regards, SB for NBBJ Architects Nov 19, 2003 Adrian Welch and Isabelle Lomholt Edinburgh Contemporary Architecture Dear Adrian and Isabelle, Your warm welcome for us in Edinburgh was much appreciated by all. Our post-trip surveys ranked the Scotland tour as one of the very best we have ever offered. The arrangements you made for CAF were superb. The walking tours with you and Isabelle gave us good insight into the architectural scene, historic and modern. It has been a great pleasure to work with you, Very best, Barry Sears Special Tours Consultant and Tour Leader Chicago Architecture Foundation Standard Glasgow Tours Proforma Glasgow Walking Tours: contact Isabelle Lomholt on +44 (0)1620 825722 to arrange your Tour Historic Glasgow: best glasgow buildings of the past Scottish Architecture: best scottish buildings of the last three decades Copenhagen Walking Tours Glasgow Walking Tours Glasgow news : back to index