2024-04-27T05:12:25-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150032525/steven-holl-designed-lewis-center-for-the-arts-complex-opens-at-princeton-university Alexander Walter 2017-10-10T16:14:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/u9/u9m6x2b63n0u2e4b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A four-day arts festival marked the opening of <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/309/princeton-university" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Princeton University</a>'s new Lewis Center for the Arts complex this past weekend. Designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/stevenholl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steven Holl Architects</a> in partnership with <a href="https://archinect.com/bnim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BNIM</a>, the 145,000-sq-ft facility is comprised of three buildings&nbsp;&mdash; the Wallace Dance Building and Theater, the New Music Building, and the Arts Tower&nbsp;&mdash; and completes the university's long dream of uniting the Center&rsquo;s programs in dance, theater, music theater, the Princeton Atelier, and the Department of Music&rsquo;s expansion under one, <em>well</em>, three roofs.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fk/fk0ktqhq5zk61w82.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fk/fk0ktqhq5zk61w82.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>&copy; Paul Warchol</figcaption></figure><p>The three buildings are interconnected underground and joined in an 8,000 square-foot open indoor gathering space, dubbed the Forum. A landscaped outdoor plaza with a reflecting pool and green spaces &mdash; developed in collaboration with <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/12438/michael-van-valkenburgh-associates-inc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates</a>&nbsp;&mdash; sits atop the Forum, and an outdoor installation by Maya Lin has been commissioned and will be added later.</p> <p>Read on for more images and project details we've received from the ...</p>