UK Schedule 2015

Date
Tue June 27	Arrive Edinburgh—orientation meeting at 16:00 (Room TBA) Pollock Halls (check-in begins 14:00) Booking Reference 313561 & 313562 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh EH16 5AY getting there info Bus: from the shops side of Princes Street (stop PH) take the Lothian Buses numbers 30 or 33; £1.60 exact change needed to Royal Commonwealth Pool on Dalkeith Rd. Walk: from Edinburgh Waverley on North Bridge St., then follow map a brisk 30-minute walk
Wed June 28	xx:xx Falkirk Wheel sketching session xx:xx Falkirk Wheel Boat Ride (50 min.) [booked] -map Visitor Center hours: 10:00 to 17:30 Book the xx:xx train from Edinburgh Waverly to Camelon off-peak day return with railcard £6.25 It's a brisk 30-minute walk from the station to the Wheel.

	Discover Edinburgh or Glasgow
Thur June 29	08:45 Arrive at Edinburgh Waverly to purchase tickets (and get your Rail Card, if need be) Book the 09:18 (no changes–arr. 10:25) train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central off-peak day return with railcard £8.40 Glasgow City Transit Options (BUS: plus bus unlimited travel/First UK Bus service for £3.20 (£2.10 w/Railcard) First UK Bus service w/o plusbus £4.50 all day SUBWAY: single ride £1.60; return £3; or all day pass £4
	13:00 Glasgow School of Art sketching session 13:30 x [x] and Mackintosh School of Architecture Tour Meet at Reid Bldg Entrance: 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6RQ -map
	15:30 The Lighthouse Museum/Gallery visit (open until 17:00) 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU Subway: From Cowcaddens to Buchanan Street or to St. Enoch Walk: A nice 30-minute walk through town
Fri June 30	10:00 Scottish Parliament sketching session & group photo 10:30 Enter for Scottish Parliament Tour (11:00-12:00) [X] You'll have to go through airport-like security (20 min). -more info You may sketch and photograph once inside security, but neither is allowed during the tour. Scottish Parliament is located in the Holyrood area of central Edinburgh at the foot of the Royal Mile, on Horse Wynd, opposite the Palace of Holyrood House. EH99 1SP 30 minute walk on Queen's Drive from Pollock Halls map
	12:15 Tool Day Tutorial w/Alison Kwok and Walter Grondzik Discover Edinburgh Tutorial w/Bruce Our Dynamic Earth Food Chain Café 5 minute walk from Parliament
	Afternoon Free Time

Sat July 1
Sun July 2	9:30 Edinburgh Tool Day (meet at West Gate--aka John Hope Gateway) 10:00 John Hope Gateway Opens (RBGE closes at 18:00) Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 20A Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR -map walk to the Salisbury Place Bus Stop on Newington Street (a brisk 10 minutes) -map then catch the 09:34 bus #8 to the Royal Botanic Garden Stop (East Gate) on Inverleith Row (Muirhouse, Stop C) £1.60 exact change then walk (10 min.) around the Garden to the Hope Gateway
	18:00 PLEA Historic Environment Scotland Party Edinburgh Castle
Mon July 3	PLEA 2017
	9:00 PLEA Volunteer Orientation w/Ana Taranenko Assembly Rooms
	13:45 PLEA Opening Plenary Assembly Rooms
	17:30 PLEA Reception & Exhibition Assembly Rooms
Tue July 4	8:30 PLEA Plenary Assembly Rooms
	10:00 PLEA Session w/refreshments & lunch Assembly Rooms & Royal Society of Edinburgh
	19:30 PLEA Conference Dinner National Portrait Gallery £75
	20:00-23:00 PLEA Ceilidhs [say kay-lay] (Scottish Dance) £20 Ghillie Dhu
Wed July 5	8:30 PLEA Plenary Assembly Rooms
	10:00 PLEA Session w/refreshments & lunch Assembly Rooms & Royal Society of Edinburgh
	15:30 PLEA Closing Plenary Assembly Rooms
Thur July 6	Check Out Pollock Halls before 10:30, Depart Edinburgh
	Arrive London (you may drop your luggage at Bankside House before check-in time)
	Check into Bankside House after 15:00 17:30 London Orientation w/Bruce Tate Modern Turbine Hall west entrance


Fri July 7	10:00 New London Architecture Visit/Sketching Exhibits: Night Time is the Right Time, Transforming the Boroughs, & New London Model The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT tube: Goodge Street (Northern Line) then walk 15 minutes to Building Centre-map

	14:00 Serpentine Pavilion Site Visit—map tube: Lancaster Gate, Knightsbridge, or Hyde Park Corner, then a 15-minute walk through the park
	16:00 Victoria & Albert Museum Architecture Collection Visit—map (closing time is 17:45) a 15-minute walk down Exhibition Road from the Serpentine
Sat July 8	City of London Walking Tour [walk in small groups]—map or guide Tip 1: There's a great Saturday a.m. Farmers' Market at the Brunswick Center.
Sun July 9
Mon July 10	10:00–Fabric of London walking tour with Richard Lorch [x] meet just outside Angel tube station tube: Angel, Northern Line
	14:30 Cullinan Studio Office Visit [x] Foundry, 5 Baldwin Terrace, London, N1 7RU -map a 15-minute walk from Angel tube
Tue July 11	xx:xx Arup Office Visit (3 hours) 13 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 4BQ meeting room 1, second floor x" [x] x" [x] x" [x] tube: Goodge Street (Northern) -map

	14:00 Discover London Experience 1 Choose one of the eleven
Wed July 12	10:00 Visit Sir John Soane’s Museum [x] 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP—map tube: Holborn
	13:50 BedZED sketching session (no photos allowed) 14:30 BedZED Tour [booked] [x] BedZED Centre, 24 Helios Road—map1—map2 Wallington, Surrey SM6 7BZ Book the 13:17 direct train from London Victoria to Hackbridge anytime day return with railcard £x.xx walk 15 min to BedZED
	19:30 Tutorials w/Bruce, bring journals and sketch books Place to be determined
Thur July 13	10:30 Laban sketching session 11:00 Laban Dance Centre tour [booked] [x] Laban Creekside, London SE8 3DZ—map tube: Cutty Sark, DLR (or Island Gardens, DLR plus walk Greenwich Foot Tunnel) then walk 20 minutes to Laban Dance Centre
	13:30 Old Royal Naval College sketching session 14:00 ORNC Painted Hall Restoration Tour—meet at Painted Hall entrance Details: https://www.ornc.org/painted-hall-project—map walk 20 minutes from Laban Dance Centre to Old Royal Naval College—map
	16:00 North Greenwich Tour—meet at Cutty Sark Bus Stop C Sainsbury's (closed), Millennium Village, the O2, Emirates Air bus: 129 from Cutty Sark Stop C to Sainsbury's at Greenwich Peninsula Stop MH
Fri July 14	10:30 Chiswick sketching session (no photos) 11:00 Chiswick Park Tour (photos ok) meet at Building 3 [x] 12:00 Chiswick monthly event—Wimbledon tennis on the big screen in the Events Plaza (optional) Chiswick Park, 566 Chiswick High Road W4 5YA—map tube: Gunnersbury, District Line
	13:00 Discover London Experience 2 Choose one of the eleven
Sat July 15
Sun July 16
Mon July 17	Oxford Visit Book the 09:21 train from London Paddington to Oxford and return after 19:00 off-peak day return with railcard £16.95 add PlusBus £2.65 x
	xx:xx–Explore Oxford free time suggested: Tower Ascents and Sundial Trail Carfax Tower (£1open until 17:30) or University Church of St. Mary the Virgin (open until 18:00)—map Punting on the River Cherwell from Cherwell Boathouse
Tue July 18	11:00 Renewable Energy Systems Tour [x] Beaufort Court, Egg Farm Lane, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire WD4 8LR—map Book the 10:04 train from London Euston to Kings Langley off-peak day return with railcard £7.90
	xx:xx BDP office visit -map [x] 16 Brewhouse Yard London EC1V 4LJ tube: Farringdon
Wed July 19	09:00 Discover London Experience 3 Choose one of the eleven
	xx:xx Building Science chat with Bill Bordass—map [x] meet just outside 10 Princess Rd. 30-minute walk thru Regent's Park
	xx:xx Tutorial w/Bruce @ TBA
Thur July 20	10:00 Victoria Docks sketching session 10:30 The Crystal Building Tour [x] 11:15 The Crystal Exhibits Exploration Western Gateway, London, E16 1GB—directions tube: Royal Victoria Station, Docklands Light Rail OR North Greenwich, Jubilee; then Emirates Air Line note: start early, heavy rush hour transit is slower than normal
	14:00 Tutorial w/Bruce @ TBD
Fri July 21	09:00 Discover London Experience 4 Choose one of the eleven
	14:00 Discover London Experience 5 Choose one of the eleven

Sat July 22	Suffolk Composting Loo with a View & Solar Shower Raising and Lavenham visit with Alison Pooley and Rupert Bentley-Walls 08:00 London Liverpool Street to Stowmarket [booked] departs London at 08:00 travel by Abellio Greater Anglia to Ipswich arrives 09:07 departs Ipswich at 09:20 travel by Abellio Greater Anglia to Stowmarket arrives 09:34
Sun July 23	Suffolk Composting Loo with a View & Solar Shower Raising and Lavenham visit 18:29 Stowmarket to London Liverpool Street [booked] departs Stowmarket at 18:29 travel by Abellio Greater Anglia to London Liverpool Street arrives 19:55
Mon July 24
Tue July 25
	9:30 St. Paul's sketching session 9:55 meet on St. Paul's front steps for group photo 10:00 St. Paul's tour (90 min.) [booked]—map [x] walk: 15 min from Bankside House
	14:00 Discover London Experience 6 Choose one of the eleven
	xx:xx London Eye Flight [booked] [meet at the London Eye queue at ~xx:xx] 15-minute walk from Bankside House
Wed July 26	09:00 Design Charette (all day)
	Allies and Morrison 85 Southwark Street London SE1 0HX-map Team Metropolitan x	Cullinan Studio 5 Baldwin Terrace, London, N1 7RU -map Team Circle x	Rivington Street Studio 23 Curtain Road London EC2A 3LT-map Team Bakerloo x
Thur July 27	13:00–15:00 Charette Presentations Allies and Morrison, 85 Southwark St, London SE1 0HX) -map
	15:00 Office Tour/Talk at Allies and Morrison [x]
	18:00 Celebration Dinner at —map x
Fri July 28	10:30 Kew Botanic Gardens—map 1 & 2 Meet just inside Victoria Gate for Group Photo 10:40 Royal Botanic Gardens Kew exploration [booked] Glass houses close at 17:30 Must see list—Palm House, Water Lily House, Alpine House, Sackler Crossing, Treetop Walkway, L'Orangerie (café), Princess of Wales House, Marianne North Gallery, Minka House, The Hive, and Badger Sett (note: impossible to see all in one day!) tube: Kew Gardens, District Line or Overground: Euston Station to Willesden Junction to Kew Gardens
Sat July 29	Check out of Bankside House before 11:00