The Olympic Club,
San Francisco, California

San Francisco’s Olympic Club, founded in 1860, is the oldest operating athletic club in the western United States. Hornberger + Worstell has been entrusted to restore the club’s status as one of the finest athletic clubs in the world. A 110,000 square foot addition, completed in 2004, is designed to serve as interim quarters during the reconstruction of the club’s landmark structure, built in 1910. The through-block expansion on a steep site in San Francisco required sophisticated programming of the relationships among the club’s many highly specialized spaces, which include a thoroughly restored historic natatorium, banquet and trophy rooms, and entry hall.