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Princeton University

Th is academic building is the new home of the Department of Economics, several international offi ces and the Princeton Institute
for International and Regional Studies.

Th e building, built in 1929 with several additions over the years, contains large laboratory classrooms, offi ces and mechanical
spaces. It housed the Department of Chemistry until the new Frick Chemistry Laboratory farther south on Washington Road
opened in 2010.

Th e structure’s interior was renovated extensively, while the historic character of the exterior of the building and of some primary
interior spaces, such as the entry and the second-fl oor library, were preserved.

Th e renovation is designed to consolidate some academic and administrative areas that are spread across the University. Th e
building includes new classrooms, offi ces and meeting spaces, and features communal spaces. One atrium is located just beyond the
Washington Road entrance of the building. Another atrium, on the south side of the building, encloses the existing stone façade
courtyard and connects to Scudder Plaza and the other social science buildings in the neighborhood.

Other interior changes included replacing the systems for heating, ventilation and air conditioning; electrical; plumbing; and fi re
protection. Accessibility was improved, elevators were replaced, and mechanical spaces in the basement, on the ground fl oor and
on the roof were removed.

On the exterior, the two-story connection to Hoyt Laboratory was eliminated, the loading dock and the emergency generator
were moved to the other side of the lab, and the precast concrete on the east side of 20 Washington Road was removed, exposing
the stone façade underneath.