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Discover the Future with a Look at the Past
"I walk by here every day and I never saw that."
Some version of this familiar comment, which our tour guides hear on a regular basis, gets to the essence of why Seattle Architecture Foundation (SAF) exists. Through entertaining and informative guided walking tours, SAF awakens people to the profound influence of the environment that surrounds them, and inspires them to get involved in shaping its future. Through active participation with our built environment the shape of our communities will better reflect who we are and who we wish to be.

Upcoming Tour Schedule
Tours by Month
March   April   May   June   July   August   September   October   November   December  
 
Tour Details & Descriptions
NEW FOR 2010: Green Building Tours
Old is the New Green: The Sanctuary
Old is the New Green: Starbucks Center
Old is the New Green: The Cobb and Skinner Buildings
Old is the New Green: A series pass to all 3 Tours!
 
Downtown
Architecture 101: Windows on Seattle's Style
Art + Architecture: Let the Streets be Your Museum!
Art Deco: Diamonds & Gold
Design Details: Lions, Griffins, & Walruses, Oh My!
Gay Pioneer Square: Coming Out from Underground
Greatest Hits: Chart Toppers and Heart-Stoppers
Historic Skyscrapers: Concrete, Steel, Glass and Egos
Modern Skyscrapers: What's New?
 
Community Tours
Bellevue: 2.0
Cascade: "Tenass Chuck" Grows Up
Harvard Belmont District: The Rich Life on Capitol Hill
International District: Diversity Defined
Pike/Pine: Cars, Bars and Dead Rock Stars
South Lake Union: Extreme Makeover
 
Special Event Tours
Analytique: Seeing through Sketching
Central Waterfront: Shifting Tides at Seattle's Front Door
Clock Walk: Time, Tides and Transportation
Private Tours
Single Building Tours
Ravenna Craftsman Bungalows: Home Sweet Bungalow
 
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