February 14, 2021 February 14, 2021 Can the language of architecture articulate a mission? Princeton University Art Museum Director James Steward posed this question in a talk over Wintersession in January 2021. If architecture can speak a language, and if this language can articulate aspirations and inspirations for a space, then the new art museum for Princeton’s campus—being designed by Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye, best known for the design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.—speaks a language of openness, movement, and connection. A concept drawing of the entrance of the future PUAM building, courtesy of Adjaye Associates.