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Snøhetta Unveils a Bold Vision for the James Beard Public Market

The Norwegian firm envisions a development that would transform Portland's food scene—and cityscape.



Where some people see a series of parking lots and bridge ramps stretching the length of more than two football fields, Craig Dykers of the Oslo-based architecture firm Snohetta sees the “potential of beautiful shapes.” Unveiling the first concept sketches for the James Beard Public Market on Wednesday, Dykers conceded the proposed site beneath the Morrison Bridge was “counterintuitive.” But he offered up a vision of a food paradise of “medieval streets” lined with small eateries and food stalls beneath 30-foot-high spaces vaulted by steel trusses echoing the bridge’s structure. A “wing-like” roof would rise at each end while swooping beneath the bridge.

Oh, and atop the market, two towers, 20 stories high, rising “like sails” on each side of the bridge.

...continues at Portland Monthly.