Icelandic vernacular architecture

Natalia Przesmycka


Department of Architecture and Urban Planning; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1755-2448

Abstract

The article presents the historical determinants and contemporary issues related to the cultural heritage of Iceland - vernacular architecture. This architecture is the result of human activity and very specific conditions of raw environment. The settlement of Iceland historically developed in difficult natural conditions, where the real potential (geothermal energy of the earth) are discovered only in recent years. A small amount of building materials and isolation from other centers of civilization caused that the Icelandic construction has been slightly changed over nearly a thousand years.


Keywords:

Icelandic vernacular architecture, turf architecture, turf farm

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Published
2015-09-08

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Przesmycka, N. (2015) “Icelandic vernacular architecture”, Budownictwo i Architektura, 14(3), pp. 257–268. doi: 10.35784/bud-arch.1634.

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Natalia Przesmycka 

Department of Architecture and Urban Planning; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1755-2448

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