Take a long lunch break and see the city of Sacramento from above
and beyond. This tour will give participants exclusive access to
amazing views of the city from some of its tallest buildings and
an exclusive opportunity to see California’s rebuilt Central
Plant. AIA architects will be on hand with information at each
location. Tour is self-paced. See all the views, a couple or just
one you decide. Pre-registered attendees may check in at any
location, sign a release and receive a wristband to visit other
locations.
Locations include:
Robert T. Matsui
Federal Courthouse
Completed in 1999, this 16-story building houses 19 court rooms
and provides space for the U.S. district, magistrate and
bankruptcy courts, their support offices, court-related
agencies and tenant agencies. The public gallery in front of the
courtrooms faces south, affording a view of Sacramento, the river
and the Central Valley to the south. The tour destination is the
top floor, which has a 3-sided, glass enclosed viewing platform
adjacent to the elevator lobby.
California Fruit Building
The California Fruit Building was built in an age of soaring
ambition and expansion, of Frank Lloyd Wright, Matisse, Mahler
and Madame Curie. It was built and occupied by the most powerful
agricultural interests of the day. Opening in 1914, it was the
tallest structure in Sacramento, earning the moniker, “Sentinel
of J Street.”Currently under renovation, The Fruit is once again
poised at the center of downtown’s urban revival.
Encore Appearance: Ziggurat
The distinctive, terraced, pyramid-shaped office building on the
west side of the Sacramento River overlooks Old Sacramento and
the Tower Bridge. The building was designed by local AIA firm
E.M. Kado Architecture and completed in 1998.
Central Plant
Welcome inside this 78,000-square-foot facilitythe largest of its
kind on the West Coast. Designed by AIA firm Nacht
& Lewis Architects, Sacramento’s Central Plant provides chilled
water for cooling and steam for heating, which is piped
underground to 5.5 million square feet of state office space in
23 buildings throughout the city
to register for this event: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/e/805854