Butler College Dormitories, Princeton University | Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP

Princeton, New Jersey / United States / 2009

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With its undulating brick facade, landscaped courtyards, and generous public walkway, Butler College connects with Princeton’s rich Collegiate Gothic tradition in a fresh and lively way.


The 288-bed complex is clad in varying-colored red brick, accented with both continuous and randomly placed bands of limestone. Responding to the need for larger bedrooms on upper-level suites, the facades are further animated with wavelike undulations that expand and contract according to interior use.


The surrounding site is sculpted into a split-level landscape, with both upper- and lower-level courtyards connecting to the existing Butler Commons. New pedestrian paths and vistas enrich the campus while extending the long tradition of space-shaping buildings at Princeton.


SITE: In the southwest quadrant of the historic campus


COMPONENTS: 112,000 ft2 / 10,000 m2 gross area; five dormitories within two buildings; café, study library, lounge, gallery, seminar rooms, landscaped courtyards


CLIENT: Princeton University Office of Design and Construction


PCF&P SERVICES: Master planning, architecture, exterior envelope, interior design


SUSTAINABILITY: Designed for LEED certification


AWARDS:


Brick in Architecture Awards: Silver Award, Education 
Brick Industry Association, 2011


Design Awards: Merit Award, Campus Housing 
Residential Architect, 2011


Outstanding Design 
American School & University, 2013


Golden Trowel Award 
International Masonry Institute / Masonry Contractors of New Jersey / Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers of New Jersey, 2009


Award of Merit, Education 
American Concrete Institute, New Jersey Chapter, 2010


Construction Excellence Awards: Best Specialty Contractor Project 
General Building Contractors Association, 2010



Additional Credits: Landscape: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc., Brooklyn, NY


Structural: Leslie E. Roberston Associates, New York


Mechanical / Electrical / Plumbing: Vanderweil Engineering, Lawrenceville, NJ 


Lighting: Cosentini Associates / One Lux Studio, New York


Images: Taylorphoto.com, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Jon Roemer



 

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    With its undulating brick facade, landscaped courtyards, and generous public walkway, Butler College connects with Princeton’s rich Collegiate Gothic tradition in a fresh and lively way. The 288-bed complex is clad in varying-colored red brick, accented with both continuous and randomly placed bands of limestone. Responding to the need for larger bedrooms on upper-level suites, the facades are further animated with wavelike undulations that expand and contract according to interior...

    Project details
    • Year 2009
    • Work started in 2004
    • Work finished in 2009
    • Client Princeton University Office of Design and Construction
    • Status Completed works
    • Type Student Halls of residence
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