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A ($32,853?) Lawn Chair Affair
Monday, 12 October 2015
by Mary Hui
We here at the University Press Club love all the new lawn chairs on campus. But we were also curious. How many were bought? How much did they cost? Have any been stolen? We did a little digging… On-campus squirrel numbers appear to be down this fall, but one metric is experiencing a significant uptick:
- Published in Uncategorized
IN PRINT: ‘Student Colony’ a Classroom Experiment in Living
Monday, 30 April 2012
by Shirley Gao
The orange and blue tent itself is not that unusual. Made of all-weather canvas and measuring 20 feet in diameter, its geodesic design makes it one of the strongest tents on the market. Scattered around the door flap are sandals and sneakers, assorted metal cooking utensils, tree branches and flannel shirts. The setup wouldn’t be
- Published in In Print
Tagged under:
Architecture, art, classes these days, daily life, ecology, giant tent, Student Colony
Spotted: John Legend
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
by Angela Wu
[UPDATED] We just spotted John Legend on the steps of the Architecture building, dressed in black, posing for a photo with a huge group of students. We hear he’s on campus for AAS 348/ENG 348: Black Popular Music Culture. After the “Ordinary People” crooner signed autographs and took photos, he disappeared toward Frist, leaving behind
- Published in Goings On
Two Former Princeton Architecture Professors Win Pritzker Prize
Monday, 29 March 2010
by Spencer Gaffney
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa will be the next recipients of the prestigious Pritzker Prize (pretty much the Nobel Prize of architecture). The pair currently work for the Japanese firm SANAA but used to lecture at Princeton, so we’re still counting this as a victory for Old Nassau. Full story here. (image courtesy of SANAA)
- Published in Faculty, Princeton in the News
It’s a Beautiful day in the (Science) Neighborhood
Sunday, 21 February 2010
by Ellen Shakespear
Way over on east campus, basically on Route 1, Princeton is putting the finishing touches on The. Biggest. Campus. Building. Ever. The 265,000 square foot steel and glass giant will be the new home for the university’s chemistry department. Last friday, Senior Project Manager James Wallace estimated that the chemistry facility is about 80 percent
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
Extreme Makeover: Forbes Edition
Tuesday, 05 January 2010
by Ellen Shakespear
There’s nothing like coming back to Princeton: a fresh blanket of snow on ivy gates, final exams, and roaring fireplaces. But for some, homecoming looks more like this. This is the wall behind my bed in the Forbes Addition. Home, sweet home. It turns out no amount of sticky tack can actually cling to cinder
Feinberg Hall Architect to Design New Campus Building
Sunday, 15 February 2009
by Brian No
The couple who brought you Wilson College’s Feinberg Hall (1986) has been hired by the university to design the building for the newAndlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. The firm, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, is most famous for designing the American Folk Art Museum in New York. (image source: princeton.edu)
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
Andlinger Center, Architecture, Energy and Environment, Feinberg Hall, Tod Williams Billie Tsien