Interview: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reopens this month with a Snøhetta-designed extension to its original Mario Botta building. In this interview, Snøhetta partner Craig Dykers explains how he tried not to step on the toes of Botta's Postmodern structure.
The Norwegian firm's addition almost triples the amount of gallery space at SFMOMA, which has been closed for three years while work took place. The pale cliff-like exterior of the extension was designed to provide a stark contrast to Botta's 1995 Postmodern building, which is predominantly clad with red brick.
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