Posted: Jan 29, 2021 5:32 PM AT | Last Updated: January 29
The three-storey, modern-design addition incorporates an opaque-glass façade. (Submitted by the Saint John Theatre Company) comments
The Saint John Theatre Company plans to put a three-storey addition on the former county courthouse on King s Square while still preserving much of the historic building s architecture and features.
The group unveiled its design plans for the almost 200-year-old building on Friday afternoon.
The addition will be added to the back of the site, leaving the most visible portions of the iconic building, along Sydney and King Street East, largely unchanged.
Although modern in design, the new portion incorporates some of the architectural features of the existing building, said lead architect Melissa Wakefield of EXP Architects.