Study Architecture 
ProPEL March 28-30, 2019 | Pittsburgh, PA
Tours
Below are tours being offered in Pittsburgh. Advanced registration is required | Space is limited.
Travelers should dress for the weather and wear comfortable, closed-toe walking shoes for all tours.
Saturday, March 30, 2019
12:30pm – 2:30pm: Carrie Furnaces Industrial Tour $75
Declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006, Carrie, as it is affectionately known, entices visitors to marvel at the scale and legacy of its industrial might. The guided Industrial Tour highlights the drama of the iron-making process – from the movement of raw materials to the tapping of the furnaces producing fiery molten iron – while sharing the stories of the site’s technology, its workers and their culture. Carrie Furnace is typically closed Oct.-May, but Rivers of Steel are opening for ACSA attendees. Sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).
Private Bus & Walking | Lunch Included | Advanced registration is required | Space is limited.
Tour Itinerary
12:30pm | Bus board at Westin Pittsburgh |
Boxed Lunch (included), Jimmy Johns | |
1:00pm | Arrive at Carrie Furnaces |
Guided Tour of Carrie Furnaces | |
2:00pm | Return to Westin Pittsburgh |
* Travelers should dress for the weather and wear comfortable, closed-toe walking shoes.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
9:00am – 6:00pm: Wright This Way Tour $175
“The mission of an architect is to help people understand how to make life more beautiful, the world a better one for living in, and to give reason, rhyme, and meaning to life.” – Frank Lloyd Wright, 1957
Frank Lloyd Wright created some of the most innovative spaces in the United States during his 70-year career. There are three of his iconic homes in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands region – including Fallingwater, which the American Institute of Architects calls the “best all-time work of American architecture.” Set in surroundings of raw natural beauty with mountain ranges, river gorges and diverse flora, this collection of Wright homes inspire a sense of wonder and exploration.
Polymath Park, where Frank Lloyd Wright’s Duncan House is a demonstration of his Usonian tenets of compression and release. Polymath Park’s natural surroundings are also home to two homes designed by apprentices of Wright, the Balter House and Blum House, both organic to the site. Duncan House, one of FLY’s Usonian prefab homes owned by Elizabeth & Donald Duncan in Wisconsin. The house became derelict after the death of Mr. Duncan, and in 2004 it was dismantled and moved to and reconstructed on the 125-acre tract of woodland called Polymath Park.
Fallingwater, a National Historic Landmark and Wright’s crowning achievement in organic architecture. Once the summer home of the Kaufmann family, prominent Pittsburgh department store owners, Fallingwater is truly a country hideaway. Anchored into rock formations and built over a stream, the home appears to float over a waterfall, at one with nature. Travelers will have time to explore the grounds, Visitor Center exhibits, and impressively-curated Museum Store before tours begin.
Private Bus & Walking | Lunch Included | Advanced registration is required | Space is limited.
Tour Itinerary
9:00am | Bus board at Westin Pittsburgh & travel to Polymath Park |
10:30am | Arrive at Polymath Park |
11:00am | Tour Duncan House |
12:00pm | Lunch (included) at Tree Tops Restaurant |
1:00pm | Travel to Fallingwater |
2:00pm | Visitor Center, Exhibits & Store |
2:30pm | Fallingwater Tours |
4:30pm | Return Travel |
6:00pm | Arrive back at Westin Pittsburgh |
Allison Smith
ACSA, Programs Manager
202-785-2324
asmith@acsa-arch.org
Eric W. Ellis
ACSA, Director of Operations and Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org
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