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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seelow, Atli Magnus
Language:unknown
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Architecture
Art History
building history
Guðjón Samúelsson
urban history
Iceland
Reykjavík
Online Access:https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/175667
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Summary: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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