Lewis Arts Complex

Pathway past Cargot restaurant to the Lewis Arts complex, opened in fall 2017 and designed by Steven Holl Associates. Photo by Nick Barberio.
The New Music Building and the Arts Plaza with reflecting pool. Photo by Denise Applewhite.
The dance wing of the Wallace Dance Building and Theater at dusk. Photo by Anastasia Vrachnos.
Individual instrumental practice room in the New Music Building. Photo by Denise Applewhite.
Stairway in the New Music Building. Photo by Denise Applewhite.
The Murphy Dance Studio in action during the Festival of the Arts opening, Oct. 5-8. Photo by Denise Applewhite.
The black box Wallace Theater. Photo by Denise Applewhite.
A detail of the exterior of the Wallace Dance Building and Theater, where the dance wing (rectangular) meets the theater wing (curved). Photo by Denise Applewhite.
Pedestrian path that connects Forbes College to and through the Lewis Arts complex and on to Tilghman Walk, which traverses campus to the science neighborhood. Photo by Denise Applewhite.
The pool of the outdoor plaza filters lights into the Forum below. Photo by Danielle Alio.
Some 100 events kicked off the opening of the complex, including music by the Princeton University Steel Band. Photo by Denise Applewhite.
View from the mezzanine, where the Hurley Gallery is located, down into the Forum. Photo © Paul Warchol.
The complex comprises three main buildings: the Arts Tower (center), the New Music Building (left) and the Wallace Dance Building and Theater. Photo © Paul Warchol.
The buildings are connected underground by an 8,000-square-foot open Forum designed to promote collaboration. Photo © Paul Warchol.
The perforated white metal sides of a "dancing staircase" in the Wallace Dance Building and Theater. Photo © Paul Warchol.
The practice rooms in the New Music Building are suspended on steel rods; these wooden chambers have a resonant quality. Photo by Denise Applewhite.

The Lewis Arts complex, which opened in fall 2017, offers a new home for artistic expression at Princeton. The artistry of the complex is apparent in the architecture of the three main structures and their details.