Arrive at Edinburgh airport and meet with local assistant. Departure for Glasgow (about 80 km) and check in to the central four star Langs Hotel. Meet with professor at the Mackintosh School of Architecture and author of several books on Contemporary Scottish Architecture who will guide the group around the contemporary buildings in the city, the new Port area (masterplan Kohn & Fox/ Grimshaw, 2003) including Offices for BBC at Prince's Dock (David Chipperfield, 2006), Science Centre and Tower (BDP Architects), Clyde Auditorium (Foster & Partners, 1997), The Bridge and Robin House (Gareth Hoskins Architects, respectively 2006 and 2005), Glasgow Museum of Transport (Zaha Hadid, 2008), Barrhead (Reiach & Hall Architects, 2003), Centre for Contemporary Art (Page & Park Architects). The tour ends at The Lighthouse designed by Mackintosh in 1895 as offices for the Glasgow Herald Newspaper. The building is now the Centre for Scottish Architecture and Design. Guided tour around the building with studios for young designers and artists and exhibition space. Return to hotel and dinner on own.

After breakfast buffet at hotel, meet with the director of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Foundation. Brief biography on the man and his work. Departure for a tour of Mackintosh buildings: the Glasgow School of Art (1909). Visit the building and running exhibitions, proceed to the House for an Art Lover, designed in 1901 and built by the Municipality of Glasgow in 1996. Free time for lunch in the cafè or park and departure for Queen's Cross Church (1899), the only church ever built by Mackintosh, and The Mackintosh House (1906), Glasgow home to the architect’s family. Return to the centre of town, free time.
Dinner at Loop inside the Bewleys Hotel (gm+ad architects, 2000).

After breakfast departure for Edinburgh passing by the landscape Earthworks (Jencks/ Farrel, 2002). Arrive in Edinburgh and tour of the historic centre of town: the Castle, St Giles Cathedral and the buildings on Carlton Hill, built between 1800 and 1830, including the National Gallery (William Playfair, 1858), and the Old College of Edinburgh University (Robert Adam). The tour ends with an aperitif at the Malmaison Hotel (interior design by Jestico & Whiles) and check in to the hotel. Dinner at Oloroso, a restaurant in the recently developed part of town with breathtaking views. Return to hotel.

After breakfast, departure for contemporary buildings in the city: the Museum of Scotland, extension (Benson + Forsyth, 1999), Dance Base, (Malcolm Fraser Architects, 2001), the New Scottish Parliament (Enric Miralles/ Benedetta Tagliabue, 2005), and the Poetry Library (Malcolm Fraser Architects, 1999). The tour continues towards North Holyrood Road, inside the old town (master plan by John Hope), to see post industrial buildings and complexes like The Tun (Allan Murray Architects, 2002) as well as various new buildings (CDA Architects, E&F Mc Lachlan, Ungless & Latimer and others). The walking tour ends at Our Dynamic Earth (Hopkins & Partners, 2000) open air amphitheatre, built on an industrial site in disuse.
The tour proceeds with private coach to the Forthside Project (master plan Robert Adam), made up of two new satellite port cities with 6 400 apartments, retail and office space, schools and parks. Free time on the waterfront and transfer to the airport for outbound flight.