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Akureyri, and details the planning,
location and design of the centre.
PAGE 39: A „NEW” AKUREYRI
TOWN CENTER
Here architect Páll Tómasson outlines
his ideas for a new town centre in Akur-
eyri, which largely consist of building a
glass cover over alleys and walkways in
the town centre, to join the two main
shopping streets and make them more
accessible to each other.
PAGE 40: MORE ON AKUREYRI
TOWN CENTER
Páll Tómasson here puts forth further
ideas on improvements to the Akureyri
town centre, in particular to the main
shopping street, which is closed to traf-
fic, as well as the Skátagil ravine in the
centre of town, and Ráðhústorg square.
PAGE 41: THE FUTURE OF THE
REYKJAVIK DOMESTIC AIR-
PORT
In recent years, there has been an ongo-
ing debate about whether or not to
move the Reykjavík domestic airport to
a new location. On March 17, 2001,
residents of Reykjavík will have an
opportunity to vote on the airport’s
future. This article lists the five options
available, and encourages the general
public to take an active part in city
planning by casting their ballots.
PAGE 43: COMPETITION FOR
THE AUSTURHÖFN AREA IN
REYKJAVÍK
The City of Reykjavík has decided to
hold an open competition regarding
plans for the area of the Reykjavík har-
bour known as Austurhöfn, which will
be the location of a music hall, a con-
ference centre and hotel. The article
gives the purpose, goals, and other par-
ticulars of the competition.
PAGE 44: OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND DESIGN
In this article, occupational safety
inspector Bjarni Snæbjörnsson writes
about his experience of occupational
health inspection in various work-
places, particularly as it relates to the
design of workspace. He writes about
laws and regulations on the one hand,
and his experience of how these are car-
ried out on the other. Finally, he encour-
ages designers and other professional
groups to co-operate with the actual
users, so as to ensure the best possible
results.
PAGE 49: AN IDEAL CITY
Here Bjarni Reynarsson of the City of
Reykjavík’s Development Division
gives an account of a report prepared by
a work group on desirable urban devel-
opment in Reykjavík. He writes about
aspects such as social development,
environmental issues, desirable devel-
opment, and traffic, and gives an exten-
sive discussion of each.
PAGE 54: PROTECTION AND
DEVELOPMENT IN REYKJAVIK
CITY CENTER
Anna Margrét Guðjónsdóttir, project
manager, writes here about the fourth
phase of Reykjavík’s development
plan, which involves the protection and
development of the city centre. She
describes the main parts of the plan,
including goals, areas and buildings in
need of protection, and proposed con-
struction. She refers to the website
www.revkiavik.is/skipulag for further
details.
PAGE 55: RESIDENTIAL AREAS
IN REYKJAVIK CITY CENTER
This article focuses on the fifth phase of
Reykjavík’s development plan, which
involves the planning of residential
areas in the centre, and covers three
main areas: residential areas in the cen-
tre, apartments in the centre, and apart-
ments in residential areas on the fringes
of the centre.
PAGE 57:
EBENEZAR HOWARD’S GARDEN
CITY, AND REYKJAVÍK
This article by Haraldur Sigurðsson,
city planner and historian, focuses on
the philosophy of Ebenezar Howard, as
expressed in a work entitled Garden
Cities of To-morrow, and how it influ-
enced the planning of the city of
Reykjavík.
PAGE 65: TRAVELLING ARCHI-
TECT
In this short article, architect Úlrik
Arthúrsson writes about his recent trav-
els, which included a trip to the vol-
canic island La Réunion, and places
where efforts have been made to restore
rivers or rock mines to their original
form, such as the river Rhóne where it
runs out of Lake Geneva. He also visit-
ed a former coalmine in Essen, Ger-
many, which has been converted into an
arts centre.
PAGE 69: METACITY DATATOWN
This article by Bjami Reynarsson of the
City of Reykjavík’s Development
Division discusses the book Metacity
Datatown. The book is based on an
exhibition about possible urban
deveopment in the 21st Century, held in
the Stroom Centre for Visual Arts in
The Hague, from December 1988 to
February 1999. The article gives a brief
overview of the contents of the book,
and relates it to developments in
Reykjavík.
PAGE 74: GRAFARVOGSKIRKJA
CHURCH
Here architect Hilmar Þór Bjömsson
writes about the construction of
Grafarvogskirkja church in Reykjavík.
The lead-in to his article describes the
changes in the function of churches
over the past centuries, and how this
has influenced, and also inspired, the
design of churches. He then goes on to
discuss the design of Grafarvogskirkja,
relating it to traditional church design
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