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  For one immigrant gone totally native, look no further than the texture of many of Iceland’s buildings. The corrugated iron that covers so many roofs and façades first arrived in the holds of British boats in the 1860s as a cheap, lightweight and stackable commodity, readily tradeable as robust sheet roofing in return for Icelandic sheep. But in a country lacking a good supply of timber, the corrugated iron sheeting soon became the default wall-cladding for buildings as well, found to provide a sturdy and long-lasting rain-shield once its own protective galvanising was supplemented by zinc-based paint to prevent corrosion – hence the explosion of colour seen today across the Reykjavík cityscape. p (rgw) 

  Photo: Fiona Shipwright

• COVER

  COVER

  Cover

  Iceland
• Table of contents

  Table of contents
• EDITORIAL

  EDITORIAL

  Editorial

  Iceland
• CASE STUDY

  CASE STUDY

  Northern Flights

  Leifur Eiríksson Terminal, Keflavík International Airport

  Text: George Kafka
• FOUND

  FOUND

  No Sleep Till Breiðholt

  Housing, horses and hip hop

  Text: George Kafka
• VIEWPOINT

  VIEWPOINT

  Wish You Were Here

  Arna Mathiesen asks: Refinancing Iceland with tourism – but at what cost?

  Text: Arna Mathiesen
• PHOTO ESSAY

  PHOTO ESSAY

  Spaces Create Bodies, Bodies Create Space

  An essay by Ólafur Elíasson

  Text: Ólafur Elíasson
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Home Turf

  Iceland's ancient rural vernacular

  Text: George Kafka
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Tin Skins

  Reykjavík's corrugated cladding

  Text: Rob Wilson
• FOCUS

  FOCUS

  Icelandic Domestic

  Focus on post-independence houses by George Kafka

  Text: George Kafka
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Notes from Nowhere

  William Morris' road trip

  Text: Fiona Shipwright
• CASE STUDY

  CASE STUDY

  The Road Less Travelled

  Route 1/Hringvegur

  Text: Fiona Shipwright
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Giving Shape to Space

  The geodesic genius of Einar Thorsteinn

  Text: Sophie Lovell
• ESSAY

  ESSAY

  The Harp That Sang

  The saga of Reykjavík's Concert Hall by Sophie Lovell & Fiona Shipwright

  Text: Sophie Lovell, Fiona Shipwright
• FOUND

  FOUND

  In the Round

  A fishy factory

  Text: Sophie Lovell
• CASE STUDY

  CASE STUDY

  Some Like It Hot

  Blue Lagoon Spa and Clinic

  Text: Rob Wilson
• FURTHER READING

  FURTHER READING

  Further Reading
• NEXT

  NEXT

  Next

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