The Icelandic Concrete Saga: Architecture and Construction (1847–1958)

• Main Author: Sofia Nannini
• Other Authors: Nannini, Sofia
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Jovis 1481
• Subjects: Iceland; Icelandic architecture; concrete; Guðjón Samúelsson; Portland cement; Reykjavík; Gylfi
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11583/2984594; https://jovis.de/en/book/9783986120276

“Many would consider a country without building materials uninhabitable.” With these words, Minister of Industry Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason opened Iceland’s first and only cement plant in 1958. More than a century before, Portland cement was first used as plaster on the walls of the Reykjavík cathe...