An International Architecture Firm Wants To Reshape Portland
b'While the architectural firm Sn\\xf8hetta might not be a household name in Portland, it has become one of the biggest players in architecture internationally. Its designers are the process of remaking New York City\\u2019s Times Square, they created the newly opened 9/11 Memorial Museum, and they expanded the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art into the largest museum of its kind in the country, set to open on May 14 \\u2014 to say nothing of the major buildings they\'ve designed across Europe.
Now, Sn\\xf8hetta is focusing its gaze on Portland. The company is currently working on designs for redevelopment of the Willamette Falls site in Oregon City, as well as the proposed James Beard Public Market in Portland.
Our columnist-in-residence, Randy Gragg, and producer Aaron Scott met with Sn\\xf8hetta founding partner Craig Dykers and discipline partner Michelle Delk to take a tour of the exhibition "Sn\\xf8hetta: People, Process, Projects." It\'s the first U.S. retrospective of the firm\'s work and is on view at the Portland AIA Center for Architecture through June 30.
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http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/snhetta-willamette-falls-james-beard-market'