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Video: Frick Chemistry Laboratory construction time-lapse .

This time-lapse video condenses three years of daily photos taken during the construction of the new home of Princeton's <font color="#fa7f00"><a target="_top" href="http://www.princeton.edu/chemistry/about/">chemistry department.

Architect Gehry seeks to inspire with Princeton's Lewis Library design .

The curtain of aluminum-glazed windows falling from the curved steel roofline that frames the Lewis Library is a reflection of the architect's homage to the beauty of the lines and curves he sees in everyday life. After almost four years of construction, the library brings together science libraries from across campus in a research and study space that is, according to the architect, intended to reflect the character of the people who will use it.

Architect Gehry seeks to inspire with Princeton's Lewis Library design .

The curtain of aluminum-glazed windows falling from the curved steel roofline that frames the Lewis Library is a reflection of the architect's homage to the beauty of the lines and curves he sees in everyday life. After almost four years of construction, the library brings together science libraries from across campus in a research and study space that is, according to the architect, intended to reflect the character of the people who will use it.

Construction of Whitman College video transcript .

Construction of Whitman College, Princeton University's sixth residential college, began in 2004 and was finished in time for occupancy this fall.

Lewis Library fact sheet .

The new Lewis Library at Princeton University opens in time for the start of the academic year on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. Designed by Frank Gehry, the multi-story, 87,000-square-foot science library combines many of the University's science collections and technology spaces, and also includes study, research and classroom space.

The science of architecture: Gehry building to provide distinctive home for Lewis library .

Those who have watched its bold, curved stainless steel roofline emerge on the corner of Washington Road and Ivy Lane no doubt believe the Lewis Science Library designed by Frank Gehry will have a distinctive exterior look. A recent tour of the building's yet unfinished rooms and halls shows an interior to match.

Peter Lewis gift to support Frank Gehry-designed science library at Princeton
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