This 410-car parking structure is the first project in a comprehensive master plan to integrate new parking structures across the Princeton campus. The University set particularly high design expectations for a building type not typically associated with architectural refinement. In response, the parking structure addresses the precise architectural character of Princeton’s historic campus.

The garage stands behind an existing garden wall designed by McKim, Mead, and White in 1911. Twenty feet high and constructed of brick masonry with limestone coping and statuary, the wall flanks the original ornate wrought iron gate. Large openings within this new wall filter light and natural throughout the first two floors. Mindful of the garden-like surroundings, the three floors visible above the brick wall are wrapped by a bronze, double lattice screen. Its cornice, supports, and arcaded condition reinforce the architectural infrastructure. A new green space created between the existing wall and the parking structure turns the building’s south side into a veritable garden front. The parking structure’s south side is clad in a color-galvanized steel screen designed to support climbing ivy, eventually transforming the facade into a living topiary structure.