Pétur J. Eiríksson, Chairman of Portus, announced earlier this week that the official opening and opening concert by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at Harpa, Reykjavík’s new Concert Hall and Conference Centre, would take place on May 4, 2011. The opening concert will be conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. On May 14,…

DIY Reykjavik is a Do-It-Yourself, non-profit design experiment initiated and designed by Arnaldur Scram and Simon Stigsby of New York-based design firm Shift, in collaboration with Ouida Angelica Biddle and Dr. Sigurður Gunnarsson.  The pavilion is a temporary installation situated in front of the Nordic House in Reykjavik,…

The national opera in Iceland aquires a new shining opera house with views to elf hill and the surrounding town When building in Iceland up to the elf hill Borgarholt, it demands a special in depth understanding of Iceland’s history. A completely new opera house for the Icelandic national opera…