Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Fri fragt over 499,-
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
The Icelandic Concrete Saga
- Architecture and Construction (1847–1958)
Engelsk Paperback

The Icelandic Concrete Saga

- Architecture and Construction (1847–1958)
Engelsk Paperback

325 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
23 - 25 hverdage

Om denne bog

“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 cathedral. At the time, most rural and urban dwellings were still being built from local turf or expensive imported timber. Just a few decades later, Icelandic architects, engineers, and masons were building their country exclusively in concrete. How did this material become so popular that the first decades of the twentieth century are referred to as “the age of concrete”? The Icelandic Concrete Saga focuses on over one hundred years of Icelandic architecture, construction, and technology. It traces the history of an architecture in constant struggle with material scarcity and the natural elements, its outcomes intertwined with Icelandic politics, culture, and society.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9783986120276
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
3986120270
Udg. Dato:
31 dec 2023
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
241mm
Højde:
170mm
Forlag:
JOVIS Verlag
Oplagsdato:
31 dec 2023
Forfatter(e):
Finder produkter...
Kategori sammenhænge