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The Whitman College at Princeton University was designed by architect Demetri Porphyrios and he describes the building in terms of music. This building is also known as a design that is a revival of a traditional architecture. This residential college is shows a Collegiate Gothic Style. This was a Gothic and traditional that was completed in 2007. Whitman College consists of blocks of bluestone with a limestone trim, and it’s arranged in the shape of an “E”. This 250,000 square foot building ranges from 20 to 100 feet high, depending on the slope of the site, and consists of residential, social and academic buildings. Mark Burnstein, the executive vice president of the university says, “Whitman College is at the center of a pivotal point of the campus. It anchors our new southern edge and strengthens the connection between the historic campus and the property to the west- a gateway to future development.” Whitman College was broken down into separate buildings, with each building...

COLLEGIATE GOTHIC- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Collegiate Gothic is a modern time form of Gothic Revival design, mostly applied in Canada and America. It became popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s in high schools and historic, wealthy colleges. The inspiration comes from old European Gothic buildings and mimics styles elements of the Gothic just for show without function. It has a purpose of implying history although the outside ornament was for show and not aged throughout the years. In 1924 Princeton University Chapel began construction after the original one burned to the ground, the chapel seats close to 2,000 people and was built approximately 200 years after Gothic style architecture faded out of style. It finished construction in 1928 and has had several renovations since, including one in 2002 which cost the institution $10 million.  Although this building was constructed for modern needs, the Gothic style predominates all, it is picturesque and dramatic. This build...