REYKJAVÍK SEM EKKI VARÐ

BOOK PROJECT, PUBLISHED 2014

description

Since the 19th century, when Reykjavík began to be built up as Iceland’s capital, both the city and the state planning authorities have had a special interest in housing the city’s most important administrative and cultural institutions in the area around Arnarhóll hill and the Pond.

Key buildings, that would eventually come to house the parliament, the National Theatre, City Hall and the University of Iceland, were all originally proposed to stand in different locations around the city centre – locations which today seem very peculiar. In many cases, it was only by coincidence that the construction of these buildings was called off, oftentimes after the project was already well underway.

In this book, the authors bring to life the history of Reykjavík’s buildings that were never realised. Using 3D-rendered images of the proposed buildings and placing them in contemporary photos of the city, they show the city as it could have been.

Team

Guðni Valberg, Anna Dröfn Ágústsdóttir

Collaborators

Book design: Studio Studio

Status

Originally published by Crymogea in 2014 / Republished by Angústúra in 2023