The $39.4-million Cary Street Gym and Aquatics Center links the 100-year-old, 32,600-sq-ft City Auditorium with a new, L-shaped, 94,200-sq-ft addition. As part of the project, the team renovated the existing building, which started its life in 1910 as a city market and is an architectural monument to the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Va.
The addition defers to the historic nature of the existing structure and neighborhood. The east fa�ade is scaled down to complement the neighborhood and incorporates a series of three individual porches that establish a connection with the two-story porched townhouses across Cherry Street.