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Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building & Louis A. Simpson International Building, Princeton University

Location
Princeton, New Jersey

Client
Princeton University

Completion
2017

Size
197,000 ft² / 18,302 m²

Project Type
Education, Heritage

Sustainability
LEED® Gold target

KPMB Team
Bruce Kuwabara (design partner), Shirley Blumberg (partner-in-charge), David Jesson (senior associate), Mark Jaffar (associate), David Smythe (associate), Lynn Pilon (project architect), Gabriel Fain, Annie Pelletier, Ya’el Santopinto, Elizabeth Paden, Victor Garzon, Clementine ChangCarolyn Lee (associate), Dina Sarhane, Rachel Cyr, Kristina Strecker, Samantha Hart

Consultants
Thornton Tomasetti (structural, building envelope), AltieriSeborWieber (mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection), Van Note-Harvey and Associates (civil), Phil R. Sherman, P.E. (building code, fire and life safety), Vermeulens (cost), Brian Ballantyne (specifications), Cerami & Associates (acoustics, audio visual), Van Deusen (elevator), Tillotson Design Associates (lighting), Entro Communications (signage), Jablonski Building Conservation (heritage), Atelier Ten (sustainability), Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (landscape)

Project Manager
Lorine Murray-Mechini

Construction Manager
Barr & Barr

Photography
Adrien Williams

Awards
2022 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture
2018 Ontario Association of Architects Award of Design Excellence
2018 SCUP Excellence in Architecture for Building Additions, Renovation or Adaptive Reuse – Honorable Mention
2018 WAF Shortlist

Press
Canadian Architect, September 2021 
SCUP, October 2020
AECCafe, December 2019 
Archello, November 2019 
Education Snapshots, May 2018 
Dezeen, April 2018
Princeton University, April 2018
ARCHITECT, March 2018
ArchDaily, March 2018 
Architectural Record, November 2017 
Princeton Alumni Weekly, February 2017