Princeton architecture
A study of buildings around Princeton University's campus.
An afternoon wandering around Princeton University's campus.
Minoru Yamasaki's 1960s new formalism style combines Princeton's dedication to the past and the future. New formalism embraces classical models of form, scale, and symmetry to convey a sense of grandeur in the modern age. You've probably seen many mid-century buildings like this on a college campus. They stand firmly against the post-war international style that was very popular throughout the world. I believe new formalism created an architectural vernacular that stood for everything that America was during that era.
The outside of Frank Gehry's Peter B. Lewis Science Library.
Frank Gehry once said "Sometimes we are inspired by everyday objects that have beautiful shapes, and sometimes we are inspired by the energy and life of the cities in which we work." That is true, frank.
Rafael Vinoly, the architect of the stadium, once called architecture an art of dealing with heaviness. Viñoly balances the upper bleachers on v-shaped struts, which I think demonstrates his authority over the concrete's innate heaviness, as well as gravity.
