From Reception to Invention: The Arrival of Concrete to Iceland and the Rhetoric of Guðmundur Hannesson

The quick modernisation of Iceland, which took place rapidly from the first decades of the 20th century onwards, brought not only fishing trawlers and cars into the country. Among all the techniques of modernity, steinsteypa [concrete] was to become the key material that changed the built landscape...

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Main Author: Sofia Nannini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Arts
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/7/4/68