Category
Institutional
Subcategories
Location
Princeton, NJ
Project Completion
2020
Project Size
2,000 SF
Services
Architectural & Interior Design

The entire periodical room was removed, and new door openings punched from the hall to create space for three new member offices. The design replaced a mid-20th-Century library stack with four more member offices, and one new faculty office. Old architectural drawings indicate this latter area may have included Einstein’s own faculty office before it was converted to stacks in 1984.
Renovation of the librarian and assistant librarian offices involved a tiny but significant 160-square-foot “secure stack” which houses the Institute’s most fragile volumes. Original millwork and shelving salvaged from the periodical room were reinstalled in the secure stack area of the offices. The palette of durable finishes and furnishings included new carpet floor tiling, LED lamps and fixtures, and updated drop ceiling systems.


