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Kenyan students on a ReadTrips study visit at Villa Savoye, near Paris

Subject

Architecture study trips

Step into the studios and sites of the architects who shaped how we build — from Le Corbusier's radical urban ideas to Gaudí's organic forms and the Swahili coast's coral stone tradition. Students gain direct access to heritage sites, design institutions and the practitioners who work in them, building a stronger sense of their own design voice.

On the trip

What students explore

  • Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye and Cité Radieuse

    In Paris and Marseille, students study Le Corbusier's revolutionary ideas on urban living, community design and density.

  • Gaudí's Barcelona

    From the Sagrada Família to Park Güell, students examine how Gaudí fused nature, engineering, art and architecture.

  • Swahili coast conservation, Mombasa to Stone Town

    A coastal journey through coral stone architecture, carved timber doors and conservation projects along the East African coast.

  • The Venice Architecture Biennale

    Visionary installations from over 60 countries at the Giardini and Arsenale redefine the future of art and architecture.

6 trips

Architecture trips

Learning outcomes

What students gain

Students will be able to:

  • Compare design philosophies across architects and eras, from Le Corbusier's urban density to Gaudí's organic form to Correa and Doshi's regional modernism
  • Explain how climate, culture and material shape architecture differently across regions, from Chicago's steel-frame skyscrapers to Zanzibar's coral stone
  • Read a heritage building and identify the conservation choices behind it
  • Document a site through sketching and photography to professional portfolio standard
A Kenyan architect at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

Stories

From our travellers

The process of creating is the most important thing, and you build it through exploration; and exploration is what travel gives you.
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