Silicone seal

The second tallest building in Reykjavik forms part of an ambitious project which is intended to counteract the raw climate with elegant, optimistic and radiant architecture. The architecture contrasts not only with Iceland’s meteorological conditions, but also with the economic climate in which the tower was realised. The plans were drawn up in the years of prosperity, but the construction itself took place in the economically dramatic year of 2008, when the full extent of the financial crisis became clear. The tower is part of Höfðatorg, a complex just a stone’s throw away from Höfði, the villa where Ronald Reagan and Michael Gorbachev met in 1986 to discuss nuclear disarmament. The nineteen-storey, seventy-metre tall tower is one of... More