Rogers clearly hopes that this American project is the first of many. He has already won a limited competition in Seattle, in joint venture with Broome Oringdulph O'Toole Rudolf Boles of Portland, Oreg., for a mixed-use development whose program he likens to Citicorp, in New York . The Princeton project is also the second commission completed for PA Technology, Britain-based international management and technology consultants. PA's program dovetails nicely with Rogers' own interests in technical innovation. Technology Facilityt are permitted past the reception and conference areas.
Bubble skylights expose the color-coded mechanical systems suspended above.
But there are significant differences between the two commissions. The most obvious and most important is the change in profile and proportions of the central mast. Both Inmos and Princeton are buildings generated primarily by the section, not the plan. The boxy, rectangular section of Inmos is replaced at Princeton by a more elegant and geometrically resolved triangle. That change alone yields a stronger silhouette and a clearer, simpler diagram of structural forces acting on the frame.