Guide to Icelandic Architecture

To mark the occasion of Reykjavik being one of the nine European Cities of Culture for the year 2000, the Association of Icelandic Architects decided to publish a compact guide to Icelandic Architecture.

The guide opens with surveys of Icelandic architectural history and the development of Reykjavik, followed by the main body of the book, which covers individual works of architecture in Reykjavik and the regions. A descriptive text and quality color photograph(s) accompany each building featured. Maps of Reykjavik and Iceland are included, marked with numbers referring to each entry.

Around 250 works are discussed in the book. The selection aims to present the main themes in Iceland's architectural history and illustrate its diversity and fertility. These include the turf farmhouse whose roots stretch back to the Viking Age, corrugated-iron-clad timber houses in romantic Swiss-chalet style, dignified stone houses and classical buildings in classical vein, progressive functionalist buildings, variations on 20th-century modernist themes, and much more.

The book is 206 pages in convenient handbook form with over 300 color photographs. It´s size is about 14 x 24 cm.