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Supreme Court Iceland Building : Reykjavik Architecture
Contemporary Icelandic Architecture design by Studio Granda Architects
Supreme Court building Reykjavik
Supreme Court Iceland Photography Sigurgeir Sigurjonsson
Date built: 1996
Design: Studio Granda, Architects
The Supreme Court of Iceland is the final court of appeal in the judiciary of Iceland. It is also the oldest court of law in Iceland and the higher of the two Icelandic court branches, the other being the District Courts of Iceland. Wikipedia
Address: Lindargata 2, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Phone: +354 510 3030
Model:
After the transfer of power from Denmark, the Court was first housed in the Old Penitentiary Building on Skólavörðustígur in Reykjavík.
In 1949 it moved to the former court building on Lindargata.
Model:
In 1993 an architecture competition to design a new home for the Court was won by Margrét Harðardóttir and Steve Christer of Studio Granda, Reykjavík. The Icelandic Minister of Justice dug the first spade of ground for the new Courthouse of the Supreme Court of Iceland at Arnarhóll on 15 July 1994, laid the cornerstone of the building on the Court’s 75th anniversary, 16 February 1995, and handed it over to the Court for use on 5 September 1996.
Supreme Court Iceland architects : Studio Granda
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland, north west Europe
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Studio Granda is an architects practice based in Reykjavík, Iceland. The architectural firm was founded in 1987 by wife and husband team Margrét Hardardóttir (1959, Reykjavík, Iceland) and Steve Christer (1960, Blackfyne, UK). They studied at the Architectural Association in London, England, also known as the AA.
Architectural philosophy[edit]
Studio Granda’s work is characterised by a respect for the traditional materials of Iceland – stone, sheet metal and timber – and with their sensitive awareness of local context can be linked to the Critical Regionalism school. The work might also be regarded in the light of the Nordic modernist tradition, typified by architects such as Alvar Aalto, Erik Gunnar Asplund, Sverre Fehn, and Jørn Utzon.
Important works include:
Reykjavík City Hall (1987-1992)
Supreme Court of Iceland, Reykjavík (1993-1996):
Reykjavík Art Museum (1997-2000)
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Icelandic Opera, Reykjavik
Design: Arkitema / Arkthing Architects
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Icelandic Opera
Reykjavik University building
Design: Henning Larsen Architects
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Reykjavik University building
The Supreme Court of Iceland (Icelandic: Hæstiréttur Íslands, lit. Highest Court of Iceland) is the final court of appeal in the judiciary of Iceland. It is also the oldest court of law in Iceland and the higher of the two Icelandic court branches, the other being the District Courts of Iceland.
The Supreme Court of Iceland is located at the Dómhúsið (Courthouse) at Arnarhóll in Reykjavík, a building that was specially built for that purpose and that came into use in 1996.
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