Snaefellsstofa visitor centre

Snaefellsstofa visitor centre

A locally rooted public realm in connection with the Icelandic nature

Extract from our latest publication A New Golden Age Nordic Architecture & Design:

\”That [use of local larch] is perhaps the shortest distance we have ever gone for materials. We also used the vegetation from the foot of the building and moved it up onto the roof.\”

Architect: ARKIS .  2010 . Vatnajökull, Iceland . 750 m². All photos by Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson & Birgir Teitsson.

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