
Church of Hallgrímur
Also known as Hallgrímskirkja
1986
Expressionism
church
Commissioned in 1937 and built across 41 years, Hallgrímskirkja is Guðjón Samúelsson's translation of Icelandic columnar basalt into a concrete parish church on Skólavörðuholt. The 74.5-metre spire and the splayed side wings produce the…
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- 1986
Guðjón Samúelsson
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