Office of the 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.
Helpful links
Documents and Processes
- Capital Project User Guide (updated in 2022)
- Design Standards Manual and Appendices
- Temporary Outdoor Installations
Areas of Interest
In The News
Under the green is unseen infrastructure critical to Princeton’s sustainability goals.
Princeton’s Yeh College and New College West residential colleges have received two 2024 American Institute of Architects National Awards.
The stormwater management infrastructure in Princeton’s Stadium Neighborhood has won a Grand Honor Award from the American Council for Engineering Companies New Jersey.
In December, the Green Infrastructure Committee visited Princeton to learn more about the stormwater management planning and infrastructure built over the past 15+ years.
The use of mass timber in campus construction projects was recently featured in an article by PAW.
Did You Know
Facilities maintains the oldest building on campus, Nassau Hall, which was built by Philadelphia-based carpenter Robert Smith in 1756.