University Architect

The Office of the University Architect serves as an "aesthetic conscience" for our beautiful, walkable campus, and we play a major role in all long-range campus planning. We provide support for land use, zoning, and regional development initiatives. We coordinate preliminary architectural studies for major new structures and alterations to existing structures, oversee interior design, furniture planning, exterior graphics, and site development. You can often catch one of us walking around campus, enjoying our current architecture and spaces, while also imagining our campus over the next 100 years.

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In The News

Green Infrastructure Committee Tours Princeton's Stormwater Management
March 11, 2024

In December, the Green Infrastructure Committee visited Princeton to learn more about the stormwater management planning and infrastructure built over the past 15+ years.

Seeking Sustainability in Buildings, Princeton Invests in Mass Timber
Feb. 29, 2024

The use of mass timber in campus construction projects was recently featured in an article by PAW.

Ferris Thompson Gate Restoration Wins Gold Award
Feb. 23, 2024

The project received a 2024 Gold Award for Restoration in the Ernest Wiemann Top Job Contest held by the National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association (NOMMA). 

Ron McCoy Honored by Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization
Feb. 19, 2024

Ron McCoy, University Architect, is a featured honoree at the upcoming 2024 Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization (CSU) Annual Gala.

Princeton creating opportunities for small businesses, including diverse-owned firms, to grow through campus construction projects
Nov. 15, 2023

Princeton is using a new model for campus construction projects that partners large design and construction firms with smaller ones to help increase the number of businesses, including those that are diverse-owned, that have the needed experience and scale to bid on future capital projects at the University and elsewhere.

Did You Know

Facilities maintains the oldest building on campus, Nassau Hall, which was built by Philadelphia-based carpenter Robert Smith in 1756.