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Marcel Breuer
Design and Architecture, Museum of Design Atlanta, with additional gallery space at the Atlanta Central Library
Oct 27-Jan 16 ( www.aiaatlanta.org/breuer)
John Portman
Art and Architecture, High Museum of Art
Oct 17-Jan 17
Atlanta Marriott Marquis, John Portman 1985Saturday, December 5, 2009
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
The heart of John Portman’s Marriott Marquis is the breathtaking atrium, forty-seven stories of curving balconies. The tour will also feature the newly renovated lobby and expanded convention halls.Peachtree Street Architectural Walking TourSaturdays from Oct 31 through Jan 16, except Thanksgiving and Christmas weekends.
Tours depart the Central Public Library at 1p, 2p, 3p, 4p
Traveling between the Central Library and MODA, this tour examines the development of Atlanta's most famous street and its architecture through the twentieth century. Buildings by Phillip Shutze, Marcel Breuer, Philip Johnson, Skidmore Owings Merrill, and John Portman are compared. Self-guided tour maps are available at both locations.Urban Treks of Social & Environmental ChangeDecember 12, 2009 - BIKE TOUR
January 16, 2010 from 10am-noon - WALKING TOUR
Green walking and bike tours around Old 4th Ward identifying businesses and community highlights relevant to social and environmental change.Atlanta Central Library, Marcel Breuer 1980
Coming Soon!YAF is organizing behind-the-scenes tours of this under-appreciated masterpiece, which was recently added to the World Monuments Fund Watch List. Check for updates of tour dates on the events page of the website www.aiaatlanta.org/breuer