
The Age of Concrete
2016
Documentary
The show traces the history of architecture and urban planning in Reykjavík in the twentieth century. The series begins in 1915, in the big fire where many wooden houses in the town were destroyed. Then the time of the concrete houses began.
Production
RÚV
Language
IS
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 1, 2016
Last Aired
September 29, 2016
Networks
RÚV
Created By
Ragnheiður Thorsteinsson, Pétur H. Ármannsson, Egill Helgason
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season

E1
1915
Air date: 2016-09-01
We choose years in the twentieth century and trace the history of architecture and planning in those years or the years around them. The first is 1915, the year of the great Reykjavík fire, when people mostly stopped building out of wood and the age of concrete began.

E2
1930
Air date: 2016-09-08
The next is 1930, when Iceland became sovereign, Guðjón Samúelsson designed large buildings and looked for a national architectural style. But modernism has also begun to make its way.

E3
1945
Air date: 2016-09-15
1945 is the year when the war ends, the city was expanding beyond Hringbraut, there was a big housing problem and the first apartment buildings were built. Churches under construction at this time caused controversy.

E4
1960
Air date: 2016-09-22
The 1960s is the time when the aesthetics of modernism become very dominant, from this period there are, for example, houses designed by Sigvaldi Thordarson. There, people assumed that most of the old town would be demolished and large motorways laid through it.

E5
1975
Air date: 2016-09-29
In 1975 people are building in Breiðholt. First rises Neðra-Breiðholt, then Efra-Breiðholt, finally the Seljahverfi. These neighborhoods are different. But it is also at this time that the fight for house protection is starting, first at the Bernhöftstorfa.




















