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Page. 7 Palacesof theSum-
merland.
Forcenturies lcelanders have
dreamed of green fields and a
warmer climate. Advances in
geothermal technology and
modern innovative building
design, in many cases better
suited for northern climates,
have now made it possible to
realize this dream.
Page8 Sheltered movement
in lceland.
During the past few decades
ValdimarKristinsson haswrit-
ten a number of important
articles on regional develop-
ment in lceland. Here he
argues for the construction of
covered holiday camps in
lceland similar e.g. to the one
already built in Kemperven-
nen in the Netherlands. In
lceland, he argues, we have
the advantage of cheap geo-
thermal power in many areas
and with covered areas and
heated walkways between
buildings we could design and
build our own “Mediterr-
anean“holiday areas.
Page11 Camping centre in
Laugardalur.
One of lceland's foremost
architects, Manfreö
Vilhjálmsson was recently
commissioned to design a
camping centre in Reykjavík.
In his design the architect at-
tempts to create a modern
building in the lcelandic tradi-
tion using both traditional and
modern materials.
Page17 Environmentaledu-
cation for travellers.
Good planning is a must for
modern day tourism if it is to
function well, argues Sigrún
Helgadóttir. She emphasizes
the importance of interpreting
the environment for tourists
and of informing them about
respective areas. Paths.rest-
ing places and guest houses
are important in catering for
the diverse demands of visi-
tors to Nature Reserves.
Page 20 The need for a
change of environment.
Only a fraction of the lcelandic
nation still lives out in the
country. The demand for
summer cottages has risen
steadily but the supply of good
land is limited. The authors
point out that many “summer“
cottages are now being used
for most of the year and em-
phasize the importance of
making the best possible use
of the inherent characteristics
of each site.
Page 23 Stefán Jónsson - in
memoriam.
The late Stefán Jónsson archi-
tect was the most influential
plannerof suburban Reykjavík
although he only worked as
an architect for 25 years.
Stefán studied in Denmark,
first graphics but 25 years later
returned to study architecture.
From 1948 -58 he designed
almost all lcelandic stamps.
An avid promoter of lcelandic
hand-crafts Stefán was the
president of the lcelandic
Hand-Crafts Association
1968-82.
Page 28 icelandic summer
cottages.
A number of lcelandic archi-
tects have designed summer
cottages during the last dec-
ades that illustrate different
approaches to the problem of
making the most of the short
lcelandicsummer. Theyrange
from a mobile home in a Volvo
Laplander to corrugated iron
barracks covered with earth.
Page 35 Design prizes
An lcelandicfurnituredesigner
working in Sweden Leó
Jóhannsson, has recently
received a design prize given
by Svensk form, Design Cen-
ter and Form/Design Center
for his chair DIABAS.
Page 38 Redecoration of
Fossvogskirkja.
A recent competion for the re-
decoration of Fossvogskirkja,
one of the main churches in
Reykjavík, was won by Árni
Kjartansson, architect,
Sigbjörn Kjartansson, archi-
tect and sculptor Helgi
Gíslason. The article de-
scribes the winning entry.
Page 42 LZB - architects.
The competition for the cen-
tral area redevelopment of the
town Weil am Rhein in Ger-
many was recently won by
the Swiss architectural prac-
tice of LZB, architects. Bjarki
Zóphóníasson, an lcelandic
architect, is one of the three
partners of the firm.
Page 46 lceiandic builders
in Canada.
A number of lcelandic immi-
grants to Canada, during the
latter half of the last century,
became rich on property de-
velopment. Thiswealth wasa
necessary foundation for
many cultural activities in
Canadaand an important part
of the share capital of the first
lcelandic shipping company.
Page 51 Environmental Im-
pact Assessment.
GesturÓlafssonconsidersthe
question of envirnmental
impact assessment, i.e.
assesment of the expected
impact of a planned construc-
tion projects, both onthe physi-
cal environment and on the
social plane. Unlike many other
countries, lceland has no leg-
islation on this subject. He
poi nts out that the cost of such
an assessment is generally
under 0.5% of project cost,
and leads to better prepara-
tion and work. He suggests
that systematic assessment
should initially be introduced
for instance for all major state
projects, which would provide
a basis further action.
Page 58 House Construc-
tion in cold Climates.
Einar Þorsteinn Ásgeirsson is
a well known architect and
designer in lceland who has
pioneerd the use of geodesic
doms . In this artickle he cri-
tisizes the emty the irrrational
formalism of modern architec-
ture and empahasizes the
importanse o/ working with
nature especally in cold cli-
mates. At present |he is de-
signing houses for an ecolol-
ogical village in northern Den-
mark due for completion in
1990.
Page 60 Prefabricated serv-
ice buildings.
In the year of 1984 the tourist
board of lceland instigated a
competition for camping area
equipment. This competition
was won by two architects,
Grétar Markússon and Stefán
Örn Stefánsson. A number of
these service buildings has
now been built in tourist areas
in Iceland.
Page62 A planning compe-
tition in Kópavogur
A planning competition in
Kópavogur was recently won
by two young architects, an
lcelander, Þorsteinn Helgason
and a Dane, Palle Lindgaard.
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