Verslunarhús Nathan & Olsen við Austurstræti. Hornsteinn Guðjóns Samúelssonar að nýjum miðbæ Reykjavíkur

After the great fire in downtown Reykjavík in 1915, Guðjón Samúelsson designed the office building for Nathan & Olsen in Austurstræti 16 (1916-1917) as a first major step towards reconstructing the city centre.It is both on an urban as well as a stylistic level a cornerstone for the future of Re...

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Main Author: Seelow, Atli Magnus
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Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/175667
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description After the great fire in downtown Reykjavík in 1915, Guðjón Samúelsson designed the office building for Nathan & Olsen in Austurstræti 16 (1916-1917) as a first major step towards reconstructing the city centre.It is both on an urban as well as a stylistic level a cornerstone for the future of Reykjavík:On the one hand, it represents a new type of commercial building, on the other hand it is exemplary for the different influences in Guðjón Samúelsson's early work.
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spelling ftchalmersuniv:oai:research.chalmers.se:175667 2025-06-15T14:30:17+00:00 Verslunarhús Nathan & Olsen við Austurstræti. Hornsteinn Guðjóns Samúelssonar að nýjum miðbæ Reykjavíkur Seelow, Atli Magnus 2012 text https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/175667 unknown https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/175667 Architecture Art History building history Guðjón Samúelsson urban history Iceland 2012 ftchalmersuniv 2025-05-19T04:26:13Z After the great fire in downtown Reykjavík in 1915, Guðjón Samúelsson designed the office building for Nathan & Olsen in Austurstræti 16 (1916-1917) as a first major step towards reconstructing the city centre.It is both on an urban as well as a stylistic level a cornerstone for the future of Reykjavík:On the one hand, it represents a new type of commercial building, on the other hand it is exemplary for the different influences in Guðjón Samúelsson's early work. Other/Unknown Material Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík Unknown Reykjavík
spellingShingle Architecture
Art History
building history
Guðjón Samúelsson
urban history
Iceland
Seelow, Atli Magnus
Verslunarhús Nathan & Olsen við Austurstræti. Hornsteinn Guðjóns Samúelssonar að nýjum miðbæ Reykjavíkur
title Verslunarhús Nathan & Olsen við Austurstræti. Hornsteinn Guðjóns Samúelssonar að nýjum miðbæ Reykjavíkur
title_full Verslunarhús Nathan & Olsen við Austurstræti. Hornsteinn Guðjóns Samúelssonar að nýjum miðbæ Reykjavíkur
title_fullStr Verslunarhús Nathan & Olsen við Austurstræti. Hornsteinn Guðjóns Samúelssonar að nýjum miðbæ Reykjavíkur
title_full_unstemmed Verslunarhús Nathan & Olsen við Austurstræti. Hornsteinn Guðjóns Samúelssonar að nýjum miðbæ Reykjavíkur
title_short Verslunarhús Nathan & Olsen við Austurstræti. Hornsteinn Guðjóns Samúelssonar að nýjum miðbæ Reykjavíkur
title_sort verslunarhús nathan & olsen við austurstræti. hornsteinn guðjóns samúelssonar að nýjum miðbæ reykjavíkur
topic Architecture
Art History
building history
Guðjón Samúelsson
urban history
Iceland
topic_facet Architecture
Art History
building history
Guðjón Samúelsson
urban history
Iceland
url https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/175667