
Chicago Architecture Foundation Center River Cruise aboard Chicago's First Lady
Chicago’s First Lady is committed to taking the proper precautions to ensure the safety and wellbeing…
Choose one of CAC’s acclaimed architecture tours, from a selection of our guests’ perennial favorites.
Join us on one of our newest tours of the city, led by an expertly trained CAC Docent.
Select a tour of architectural treasures throughout Chicago and its suburbs, brought to life as only a CAC docent can.
Explore Chicago’s green spaces and learn why well-designed parks and outdoor recreational areas are essential to the city.
Choose a tour featuring your favorite architect.
Choose one of CAC’s acclaimed architecture tours, from a selection of our guests’ perennial favorites.
Chicago’s First Lady is committed to taking the proper precautions to ensure the safety and wellbeing…
Must-See Chicago is a fast-paced, 90-minute introductory tour to Chicago featuring some of its most famous…
Want a quick introduction to Chicago’s magnificent architecture? This 90-minute tour takes a comprehensive…
This lively overview of Chicago architecture explores iconic buildings from the 1890s to present. We'll…
Chicago is home to some of the world’s earliest skyscrapers. Get an up-close look at these 19th Century…
Oak Park is home to the world’s largest collection of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. View…
Explore Chicago’s amazing architecture from the unique perspective of elevated trains and station platforms…
Join us on one of our newest tours of the city, led by an expertly trained CAC Docent.
Discover a living urban canvas along the Wabash Avenue Arts Corridor in the South Loop. Learn more about…
Over the course of 90 minutes, explore some of the newest buildings around the Chicago Architecture Center…
In just one hour, Discover Chicago’s newest neighborhood, Lakeshore East, featuring two notable buildings…
Learn about newly completed improvements to the Chicago Riverwalk—starting at the Vietnam Memorial…
This tour helps you discover the western portion of the Riverwalk, starting at the Vietnam Memorial near…
Select a tour of architectural treasures throughout Chicago and its suburbs, brought to life as only a CAC docent can.
Chicago is home to some of the world’s earliest skyscrapers. Get an up-close look at these 19th Century…
Looking for iconic Mid-Century Modern architecture? What better place than Chicago with its triumvirate…
View Art Deco masterpieces built in the heart of Chicago’s financial district during the Roaring '20s…
Tour the lobbies of five opulent Art Deco skyscrapers built near the banks of the Chicago River during…
In just one hour, Discover Chicago’s newest neighborhood, Lakeshore East, featuring two notable buildings…
Explore Chicago’s green spaces and learn why well-designed parks and outdoor recreational areas are essential to the city.
Understand how the unique Chicago-style bascule bridges work. View the underpinnings of the bridges,…
Learn about The 606/Bloomingdale Trail and how it came to be during this 90-minute, one-mile walking…
Grant Park’s landscape is both front yard and recreation spot for Chicago. But did you know that the…
This tour helps you discover the western portion of the Riverwalk, starting at the Vietnam Memorial near…
Hear the stories behind the people buried at the beautiful and tranquil Oak Woods Cemetery on Chicago’s…
Choose a tour featuring your favorite architect.
Oak Park is home to the world’s largest collection of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. View…
Discover Northwestern University’s stunning, wooded campus on the shore of Lake Michigan. This two-hour…
In addition to being the site of the 1893 World’s Fair, Hyde Park is also home to the University of…
Discover the art, architecture and history of Chinatown on this 90-minute walk, which includes stops…
Discover Uptown—a treasure trove of terra cotta ornament and creatively repurposed historic buildings;…
Discover the fascinating 150-year evolution of the Fulton-Randolph Market District from food wholesaling…
Explore the new Old Post Office Building, whose early 20th-century design has been adaptively reused into a beautiful, modern Class A Office building.
Take in the beauty of Ukrainian Village’s churches—including Louis Sullivan’s stunning Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral—and residential architecture while hearing stories of Eastern European immigrants who first called the neighborhood…
Come explore the early Collegiate Gothic roots of the university campus in the original quadrangles, the “march of mid-century modernism” along the Midway and the recent, breath-taking architectural additions such as the Mansueto Library and the Midway…
Completed in 2009, Trump Tower is the second-tallest building in Chicago. View the building, its plaza and the Riverwalk as you learn about its unique architecture and engineering.
Union Station is seen every day by thousands of commuters—and yet, not really seen! Slow down and take in the gorgeous details of this historic landmark, including the stunning Great Hall, which was recently restored to its original 1925 glory.
Bold imagery and vibrant color come to life along a 14,000-square-foot stretch of the CTA Red Line in Rogers Park. Explore the 14 completed paintings that make up the neighborhood's Mile of Murals on this guided tour.