Icelandic Initiatives
Abstract Iceland has come to epitomise the vicissitudes of the banking system, as it was catapulted from boom to bust in October 2008. During the burgeoning years of the 2000s, ambitious construction projects were implemented. As Arna Mathiesen explains, this has resulted in ‘a scarcity of means to...
Published in: | Architectural Design |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2012
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ad.1436 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fad.1436 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ad.1436 |
Summary: | Abstract Iceland has come to epitomise the vicissitudes of the banking system, as it was catapulted from boom to bust in October 2008. During the burgeoning years of the 2000s, ambitious construction projects were implemented. As Arna Mathiesen explains, this has resulted in ‘a scarcity of means to finish the plans and maintain buildings, public spaces and infrastructure, and indeed to inhabit the spaces produced’. |
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