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Icelandic Farmhouses. Identity, Landscape and Construction (1790-1945) retraces the history of Icelandic rural architecture between the late eighteenth century and the mid-twentieth century. Through the study of Icelandic rural buildings, this book narrates a very special history of architecture: one of adaptation and tradition, scarcity of building materials and transfers of knowledge with Europe. The history of Icelandic farmhouses is intermixed with construction issues, nationalistic debates, and a quest for a much-needed modernization of the standards of living. The book aims to retrace the role of modern building techniques in the development of Icelandic rural architecture and society.

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"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. "Viele halten ein Land ohne Baumaterialien für unbewohnbar." Mit diesen Worten eröffnete Industrieminister Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason 1958 Islands erstes und einziges Zementwerk. Mehr als ein Jahrhundert zuvor war beim Bau der Domkirche von Reykjavík erstmals Portlandzement zum Verputzen von Wänden zum Einsatz gekommen. Seinerzeit fertigte man die meisten städtischen Wohnhäuser noch aus vor Ort gestochenem Torf oder teurem importiertem Bauholz. Nur wenige Jahrzehnte später bauten isländische Architekt*innen, Ingenieur*innen und Maurer*innen ihr Land fast ausschließlich aus Beton. Wie konnte das Material so enorm an Beliebtheit gewinnen, dass die ersten Dekaden des 20. Jahrhunderts auch als "Zeitalter des Betons" in die Geschichte eingingen? The Icelandic Concrete Saga befasst sich mit über hundert Jahren isländischer Architektur, Baupraxis und Technologie. Das Buch begibt sich auf die Spuren einer Architektur, die unablässig gegen Materialknappheit und die Elemente der Natur ankämpft und eng mit der isländischen Politik, Kultur und Gesellschaft verwoben ist.

Building materials --- History --- Akranes. --- Benedikt Gröndal. --- Christiani & Nielsen. --- Einar Erlendsson. --- Einar Jónsson. --- Ferdinand Meldahl. --- Francois Hennebique. --- Iceland. --- Icelandic Concrete Classicism. --- Icelandic Engineers' Society. --- Icelandic State Architecture. --- Icelandic architectural history. --- Icelandic architecture. --- Icelandic landscape. --- Jónas Jónsson. --- Knud Zimsen. --- Portland cement. --- Pozzolana. --- Reykjavík cathedral. --- Reykjavík. --- Rögnvaldur Ólafsson. --- Steinsteypuklassík. --- Steinsteypuöldin. --- Sverrir Runólfsson. --- Thorvald Krabbe. --- building material. --- building techniques. --- concrete. --- construction history. --- construction. --- material scarcity. --- steining. --- the age of concrete. --- timber. --- turf. --- Architecture --- Building materials.

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Icelandic Farmhouses. Identity, Landscape and Construction (1790-1945) retraces the history of Icelandic rural architecture between the late eighteenth century and the mid-twentieth century. Through the study of Icelandic rural buildings, this book narrates a very special history of architecture: one of adaptation and tradition, scarcity of building materials and transfers of knowledge with Europe. The history of Icelandic farmhouses is intermixed with construction issues, nationalistic debates, and a quest for a much-needed modernization of the standards of living. The book aims to retrace the role of modern building techniques in the development of Icelandic rural architecture and society.

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How did urban Italy come to look the way it does today? This collection of essays assembles recent studies in architectural history and theory exploring the historical paradigms guiding architecture and landscape design between the world wars. The authors explore physical changes in townscapes and landscapes, covering a wide range of architectural designs from strict modernist solutions to variations of regionalism, mediterraneanism and national style from all over Italy. Specifically, the volume explains how conservation, restoration and town planning for historic areas led to the production of heritage, and elucidates the role played by architects like Marcello Piacentini, Innocenzo Sabbatini, Mario De Renzi and Giulio Ulisse Arata. Besprochen in: Fraunhofer IRB, 358/3 (2020)

Architecture; Modernism; Altra Modernità; Regionalism; Mediterraneanism; National Style; Restoration; Fascism In Italy; 1920ies; 1930ies; City; Cultural History; Urban Studies; History of the 20th Century; Sociology --- 1920ies. --- 1930ies. --- Altra Modernità. --- City. --- Cultural History. --- Fascism In Italy. --- History of the 20th Century. --- Mediterraneanism. --- Modernism. --- National Style. --- Regionalism. --- Restoration. --- Sociology. --- Urban Studies.