Construction begins on Adjaye Associates and Cooper Robertson's Princeton University Art Museum

2021-12-17T12:58:00-05:00

Construction has commenced on a new home for the Princeton University Art Museum. Designed by Adjaye Associates, with Cooper Robertson serving as executive architects, the new scheme will be built on the site of the former museum building on the Princeton campus, doubling the museum’s area to 144,000 square feet.

Exterior view from Prospect Drive. Image: Adjaye Associates

The three-story art museum will be comprised internally of nine pavilions, which seek to “break down the scale of the complex into more intimate modules and allows for deeply varied gallery experiences.” The pavilions are linked by two “art walks” — thoroughfares that flow through the building as a circulatory spine.

Grand Stair. Image: Adjaye Associates

The building’s nine pavilions are paired by four public zones, comprising gathering spaces, event and education spaces, and a café, inviting the public inside while controlling access to the galleries on the upper floors. Four of the nine gallery pavilions featur...

Sir David Adjaye unveils design for new Princeton University Art Museum building

2020-09-24T18:34:00-04:00

Designed by Sir David Adjaye, the Princeton University Art Museum has revealed the design for its new building. The structure will replace and almost double the square footage of the existing facility, which occupies a central location on Princeton's campus. Stone, bronze, and glass make up the core material building blocks of the new facility, speaking "both to the present moment and the historic Princeton context."

"Sir David’s architecture will invite visitors to see themselves as citizens of a broader set of communities, which in turn will, we hope, nurture a deeper sense of our shared humanity." said James Steward, the Museums's Nancy A. Nasher-David J. Haemisegger, Class of 1976 director in a statement. "The design will give us a building that fosters new modes of investigation, reflects and deepens our commitment to equity and inclusion and affords new moments of aspiration and inspiration."

The new Museum will occupy three stories and will feature seven primary interlocked p...

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Construction begins on Adjaye Associates and Cooper Robertson's Princeton University Art Museum

Sir David Adjaye unveils design for new Princeton University Art Museum building