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BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,025 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE GLOBE WHEN THE Lawrenceville School was founded in 1810 as an academy to prepare young men for nearby Princeton University, in New Jersey, its first built facility was a Federal-style stone schoolhouse where all activity took place. "Decisions about the transparency, scale, and use of a gunmetal color for the steel structure all had to do with creating a complementary and contemplative addition to a well-established conversation", says Sasaki principal Vinicius Gorgati. On the upper level, a 2,000-squarefoot flex room, also wrapped in walnut, overlooks the double-height lobby, getting plenty of sunlight through interior windows and the transom roof above. [Extracted from the article]