2024-05-18T08:54:28-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150387253/cookfox-to-design-bruce-springsteen-archive-at-monmouth-university Josh Niland 2023-10-19T15:47:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/05/05fd60f5d66aeb861f53622236c19e21.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/cookfox" target="_blank">COOKFOX</a> has announced plans for a new musical archive and education center dedicated to preserving Bruce Springsteen&rsquo;s legacy on the campus of <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/60502450/monmouth-university" target="_blank">Monmouth University</a> in New Jersey.</p> <p>The new Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music (BSACAM) will be realized as a 29,000-square-foot repository of The Boss&rsquo;s five-decade catalog and includes a space for a 230-seat theater, exhibition galleries, and study center dedicated as a showcase of musical traditions in the country he has so influenced through song.</p> <p>The project is said to be located not far from where Springsteen penned the lyrics to his breakthrough 1974 album, <em>Born to Run</em>.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c3/c3db556b1c20399fa3a9d7f6972f8091.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c3/c3db556b1c20399fa3a9d7f6972f8091.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy COOKFOX/Monmouth University</figcaption></figure><p>An homage to Springsteen&rsquo;s post-industrial ethos is represented by the architect&rsquo;s material choices for the building, which is comprised of weathering steel, concrete, and timber elements. Visitors will enter the rectangular two-story single volume through a central access path built to resemble the iconic J...</p>