News Christian Glauser Benz (TSA ‘01) is design member for Princeton University Science Library
Christian Glauser Benz (TSA ‘01) is a design member for the newly completed Frank Gehry designed Princeton University Science Library in New Jersey.
The new Science Library is located on a two acre site on the main campus and will provide classrooms, offices, and public spaces. The Science Library will house the Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences and Map/GIS print collections. The exterior materials will include Gehry’s traditional curved stainless steel panels combined with brick and glass. Opening is scheduled for the end of Spring 2008. To see images click here.
Christian Glauser Benz collaborated with Frank Gehry on other projects such as the new Headquarters for the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis in Basel, Switzerland, and the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem. In 2003 he served as coordinator and curator for the retrospective exhibit titled “Frank Gehry, work in Progress” at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles. Previous to his work with Gehry, Christian worked as a designer with world renown architect Cesar Pelli on the new Goldman Sacks tower. He is currently a Senior Designer with the LA based firm 5+Design where he is working on several new large mixed use projects in the Middle East and Europe incorporating sustainable solutions. Christian holds a Master in Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University.
photos courtesy of ArcSpace.com
02.12.08
