A New Museum Takes Shape

Two years ago Princeton University engaged the services of Sir David Adjaye, his team at Adjaye Associates, and his collaborators at Cooper Robertson to design a new Museum facility, one that would meet a need that has been understood for thirty years. Now, as design development for the project nears completion and the architects enter the arduous phase of preparing construction documents for the start of construction in 2021, the scope and ambition of the project emerge more fully. So too do the many ways in which the design fulfills Sir David's promise at the outset of the commission to "design from the inside out," so that form would follow function in making for Princeton a building whose first purpose is to allow the Museum's collections to sing. The design is driven by the Museum's core values, which provide an entry point to understanding the design's fundamentals.