The Icelandic Concrete Saga : : Architecture and Construction (1847–1958) / / Sofia Nannini.
“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...
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| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- INTRODUCTION. A COLLISION
- CHAPTER 1. A BUILDING EDUCATION: LEARNING FROM DENMARK (1847–95)
- CHAPTER 2. STEINSTEYPUÖLDIN: BUILDING THE AGE OF CONCRETE (1899–1915)
- CHAPTER 3. ICELANDIC STATE ARCHITECTURE: HOW CONCRETE BUILT A NATION (1916–50)
- EPILOGUE. WHEN ICELAND BECAME INHABITABLE
- References
- Image Credits
- List of Names
- Imprint