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This historic Spanish Catholic mission is located on the Tohono O’odham Nation, 10 miles south of Tucson. The mission is regarded as one of the most well-preserved examples of Spanish Colonial architecture in the U.S. and remains the oldest intact European structure in Arizona. The tour will end with drinks, snacks, and crafts at San Xavier Plaza run by the local Native American tribe.

Cost: $60 – CANCELED
What: San Xavier Mission Tour
When: Thursday October 29, 2026, 1:00-4:30pm
Where: Marriott University Park
Included: AIA CES 3 HSW Continuing Education Credits. Round trip bus ride
Tour Guides: Brooks Jeffrey, University of Arizona
Starr Herr-Cardillo, University of Arizona

Join the walking tour of the UofA campus including historic masonry architecture of Centennial Hall, Arizona State Museum, Old Main, and Bear Down Gym. The tour will include mid-century work of the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium and the Steward Observatory. The tour will visit the Grand Challenges Building and Optical Sciences, culminating with the Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory. It is here where a team of scientists and engineers are making giant, lightweight mirrors of unprecedented power for a new generation of optical telescopes. It is revolutionary new method to polish the honeycomb mirrors with a deeply curved, parabolic surface that results in much shorter focal lengths than conventional mirrors.

Cost: $30
What: Campus and Mirror Lab Tour
When: Thursday, October 29, 2026, 1:30pm-4:30pm
Where: Marriott University Park
Included: AIA CES 3 HSW Continuing Education Credits.
Tour Leaders: TBD

This tour starts on the light rail and continues on foot through Tucson’s historic core, the Barrio. Bob Vint, architect and CAPLA faculty member, will explain the history of this culturally rich and architecturally diverse region that has been home to continuous human occupation from Indigenous habitation to Spanish and contemporary arid urbanism.

Cost: $30
What: Barrio Walking Tour Tour
When: Saturday, October 31, 2026, 1:30pm-4:30pm
Where: Marriott University Park
Included: AIA CES 3 HSW Continuing Education Credits.
Tour Leader: Bob Vint, University of Arizona