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...

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Published in:Architectural Design
Main Author: Mathiesen, Arna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012
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spelling crwiley:10.1002/ad.1436 2024-03-17T08:58:33+00:00 Icelandic Initiatives Mathiesen, Arna 2012 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 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Architectural Design volume 82, issue 4, page 94-99 ISSN 0003-8504 1554-2769 Visual Arts and Performing Arts Architecture journal-article 2012 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.1436 2024-02-22T00:10:03Z 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’. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library Architectural Design 82 4 94 99
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description 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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