New Iceland architecture projects with building news and architectural images, plus architects background. Discover the most exciting properties from across this small North Atlantic country.
Check out Ring of Bjólfur, Seydisfjordur, by Esja Architecture & Arkibygg Arkitektar, a simple concrete structure atop the rugged landscape. This architectural intervention is a ring-shaped viewing platform on the slopes of Mount Bjólfur, 650 m over sea level.
Finally take a look at The Hill Farm near Lake Mývatn, designed by Derin Kinacigil & Juan Franco. It was the Greenhouse Restaurant Competition Winner and uses building volumes that blend within the landscape, and the program split into three clearly defined sectors.
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Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland and is located in the southwest of the country. Probably the most celebrated contemporary Icelandic building is Harpa – Icelandic Concert & Conference Centre by Henning Larsen Architects + Olafur Eliasson
Studio RE+N’s unique design of the Iceland Volcano Museum, features an inclined roof that emerges organically from the earth, ensuring minimal disruption to the site. This innovative approach contributed to the design’s recognition as the winner of the 2023 Architecture MasterPrize in the Conceptual Architecture category
Esja Architecture & Arkibygg Arkitektar present the Ring of Bjólfur, a ring-shaped viewing platform on the slopes of Mount Bjólfur, in Iceland. The platform overlooks Seydisfjordur, a narrow fjord with steep mountains in East Iceland.
Riverside View House was built in 1967 and got a facelift and an extension in 2020 designed by Berglind Berndsen Interior Architecture. As a result the interiors were modern and mixed with late mid century modern furniture and lights in southern Iceland
Iceland Greenhouse Restaurant Competition Winner: Hill Farm building design for a contemporary sustainable organic farm restaurant, inspired by natural volcanic landscape
Greenhouse Restaurant Mývatn Windows, North Iceland building design by United Architektur, Berlin: takes the characteristic of transparency from the greenhouse structure as departure point
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jvantspijker & partners, Felixx Landscape Architects, Rotterdam + Andersen & Sigurdsson Architects, Copenhagen, win Gufunes waterfront architecture competition, Reykjavik, Iceland
Planning permission has been granted for a major biodome complex in the Reykjavik region designed by WilkinsonEyre, working alongside a talented local design team.
ION Luxury Adventure Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland, design by Minarc Architects – selected as a Finalist for the 2018 SBID International Design Awards, surrounded by hot springs & glaciers.
Landsbankinn, Iceland’s largest bank and among the country’s leading financial institutions, have announced that C.F. Møller and Arkthing have won an invited competition to design their new building in Reykjavik.
Harpa – Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre, designed by Henning Larsen Architects in collaboration with Batteriið Architects and Studio Olafur Eliasson, has won one of the most prestigious architecture awards worldwide, The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2013.
Design: Andersen & Sigurdsson Arkitekter; Teikn Architects
The layout is simple and rational allowing for a great degree of flexibility. Extensive glass facades allow travellers to engage in the activities on apron plus spectacular views to the vast landscape and mountains.
Design: Arkis Architects
This building is one of 30 model projects of the ‘Nordic Built principles’, and embodies the principles in its design and function. It is the result of rigorous consultation with the users with the aim of creating a sustainable prison.
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Design: FELIXX with JVantSpijker. These Dutch design offices, with Orri Steinarsson, won a international urban design competition in Iceland. Strategic redevelopment of a coastal area of 140 hectares.