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Seamless design, ECLISSE steps outdoors

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“Nature to the nth degree”, is the slogan which comes to mind for the last outpost of Europe, one of the few reserves not yet “squeezed dry” by man, where the elements – water, ice, wind, light and stone – are in a state of purity. Iceland, the most remote and inaccessible island in Europe with not even 300 thousand inhabitants (164.000 of these are in the capital Reykjavík) it is one of the most charming and least inhabited nations the Old Continent. Despite a difficult climate, the island is affirming itself in the collective imagination as synonymous with freedom and uncontaminated spaces, bright in summer (the sun shines until 11 at night) and it is as dark as night for much of the winter. In the year 2000 it provoked a great deal of talk with the decision of the prime minister to develop with the company deCode Genetics – the headquarters is at Reykjavík, but capital comes mainly from the United States – the database of genetic information and DNA of the entire population. A number of Europeans have found home there. Amongst them, English architect Steve Christer - who here together with his wife and partner Margrét Hardardóttir, has founded Studio Granda - tells us what it means to work in the land of ice.

Reykjavík Art Museum. The two steel doors in the courtyard. Photo Dennis Gilbert/View

Reykjavík Art Museum. Plan of the first floor

Reykjavík Art Museum. The concrete canopy at the entrance. Photo Dennis Gilbert/View

Car Park, Garden and Public Space at Kringlan Shopping Mall. Photo Dennis Gilbert/View

Margrét Hardardóttir and Steve Christer (Studio Granda)

Reykjavík Art Museum. The space planned on two levels. Photo Dennis Gilbert/View

Car Park, Garden and Public Space at Kringlan Shopping Mall. Detail of the rubbish bin

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The organisers of designatics®

Seamless design, ECLISSE steps outdoors

Designing from a single gesture: Vaselli’s latest collection

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