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The Age of Concrete (2016)

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The Age of Concrete

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.

2016

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Created by Egill Helgason, Pétur H. Ármannsson, Ragnheiður Thorsteinsson

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The Age of Concrete: Season 1 - 5 Episode s

1x1 - 1915
September 1, 2016
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.
1x2 - 1930
September 8, 2016
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.
1x3 - 1945
September 15, 2016
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.
1x4 - 1960
September 22, 2016
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.
1x5 - 1975
September 29, 2016
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.

The Age of Concrete: 1 Season

S1: Season 1
5 Episode s

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1x1 - 1915

1x2 - 1930

1x3 - 1945

1x4 - 1960

1x5 - 1975

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Grand Designs

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Architectures

Architectures

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Secrets of Britain

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Dreaming The Impossible: Unbuilt Britain

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Bunkers Brutalism and Bloodymindedness

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The New Zealand Home

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Homes Across America

Abroad in Britain

Abroad in Britain

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The National Trust