With 800 hot springs, 10,000 waterfalls, 15 active volcanos, and 4500 square miles of glaciers, Iceland offers an incredibly active and vast landscape that can not be ignored. Throughout history, the country's isolation as an island nation has helped deter major European influences for years, retaining local building practices and ideas, confirming the innate Scandinavian feeling for nature and its materials.
Icelandic Influence: The Basalt Rock Cliffs and Black Sand Beaches
Harpa Theatre and Conference Center (Reykjavik, Iceland): Facade Influenced by Iceland's Northern Sunlight and Rock Cliff Formations
Church of Stykkisholmskirkja (Stykkishólmur, Iceland)
Church of Askirkja (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Rural Church (Snæfellsnes Peninsula)
Farmhouse (Snæfellsnes Peninsula)
Modular Eco-Lodges (Stykkishólmur, Iceland): Use of Easily Available Materials of Construction Combined with the Ease and Simplicity of Design.