News & events

10th. September 2010
Íslensk Samtídahönnun Icelandic Contemporary Design exhibition opening, The Nordic Lighthouse, EXPO 2010, Shanghai

14th. July 2010
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 exhibition opening, Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallin

23th. June 2010
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 exhibition opening, Architekturzentrum, Vienna

10-11th. June 2010
Otras Islas Other Islands International Symposium, Tenerife

26th. May 2010
Studio Granda shortlisted for Greenland's new National Gallery of Art in Nuuk with BIG (Denmark), Snøhetta (Norway), Johan Celsing (Sweden), Heikkinen-Komonen (Finland) and Tegnestuen Nuuk (Greenland)

22nd. May 2010
EQUIVIVERE for a Sustainable Architecture, exhibition opening, Cittadella

13th. May 2010
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 exhibition opening, Arquerá Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid

21st. March 2010
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 exhibition opening, Zollverein World Cultural Heritage Site, Essen

26th. Febuary 2010
Íslensk Samtídahönnun Icelandic Contemporary Design exhibition opening, Danmarks Design Centre DDC, Kaupmannahöfn

19th. February 2010
Three footbridges over Hringbraut & Njardagata awarded Concrete Award 2010

2nd. Febuary 2010
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 exhibition, Cité de lárchitecture & du patrimoine, Paris

Archive

October 2009
Three footbridges over Hringbraut & Njardagata awarded best project 2005-2007 by the Icelandic Road Adminstration
Hof shortlisted for the Barbara Cappochin International Biennial Architecture Prize 4th. Edition 2009
Íslensk Samtídahönnun Icelandic Contemporary Design 2009, exhibition opening, Ketilshús, Akureyri
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 exhibition opening, Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya

May 2009
Íslensk Samtídahönnun Icelandic Contemporary Design 2009, exhibition, Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir

April 2009
Hof shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2009

Febuary 2009
Awarded Kaldárselsvegur-Krysuvíkurvegur highway interchanges and pedestrian crossings with Efla consulting engineers

10th. January 2009
Public opening of Crate installation at FREEZE, Anchorage, Alaska

December 2008
Hof nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2009

August 2008
Hof nominated for the Myndstef honorary award 2005

May 2008
Hof awarded the Dedalo Minosse International Prize for Commisioning a Building, L'Arca Special Prize 2007/2008 Seventh Edition

December 2007
Commisioning of commemorative hydroelectric powerplant celebrating 100 years of hyroelectricity in Hafnarfjördur
Café at Kringlan opens

November 2007
Supermarket at Bifröst opens

October 2007
Icelandic Architecture Awards exhibition, Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavík
Studio Granda nominated for the Icelandic Architecture Award for three footbridges over Hringbraut & Njardagata and the Hof residence

September 2007
Studio Granda awarded the Icelandic Visual Art Award for Design Sjónlist 2007
Studio Granda in association with Gullinsnid & Argos awarded first prize in the Search for Ideas competition for the historic heart of Reykjavík, 'Kvos'

August 2007
Sjónlist 2007 Icelandic Visual Arts Awards exhibition, Akureyri Art Museum
Studio Granda 20th. anniversary

May 2007
BASK Fashion shop opens
Magma/Kvíka Contemporary Icelandic Design exhibion, Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsadir, Reykjavík
Sjónlist 2007 Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Design Award: Studio Granda nominated for the Vogaskóli school extension and the Hof country residence

January 2007
50+12 Recent Icelandic Architecture exhibition, City Hall, Reykjavík

September 2006
50+12 Nye Tendenser i Islandsk Arkitektur Icelandic Architecture exhibition at Arkitektskolen Aarhus

August 2006
Sjónlist 2006 Icelandic Visual Arts Awards exhibition at the Akureyri Art Museum

May 2006
Sjónlist 2006 Icelandic Visual Arts Awards, Design Award: Studio Granda nominated for the Student accommodation & research wing at Bifröst Business School

December 2005
Inauguration of Student accommodation & research wing at Bifröst Business School
Three footbridges over Hringbraut & Njardagata inagurated

August 2005
Bifröst Business School nominated for the Myndstef honorary award 2005

February 2005
Studio Granda with SS Verktaka awarded contract for Vogaskóli secondary school extension
Studio Granda awarded second prize in the open competition for the Gufunes cemetery service building

July 2004
Stekkjarbakka Highway Interchange inaguration

April 2004
Exhibition TRANSFORME Design Islandais : Nouvelle Génération VIA/Industries Françaises de l'Ameublement

February 2004
Snow Show opening
Studio Granda appointed as aesthetic consultants for Kringlumyrarbraut - Miklabraut highway interchange

December 2003
Ground breaking of new student accommodation & research wing at Bifröst Business School

August 2003
Studio Granda & Línuhönnun Engineers awarded first prize in the two-stage competition for three footbridges over Hringbraut & Njardagata
Skefjar offices completed

July 2003
Valhalla summer residence completed

February 2003
Laugalaekjar Secondary School extension commences on site

November 2002
Inauguration of Bifröst Business School extension, café & quadrangle

June 2002
Studio Granda appointed as aesthetic consultants for Stekkjarbakka highway interchange

January 2002
Nominated for the Pritzker Architecture Prize
Studio Granda shortlisted for the new Art Galley and Public Square, Middlesbrough, England

December 2001
Studio Granda awarded Icelandic Environmental Services Association Award 2001 for Reykjavik art Museum
Bifröst Business School extension ground breaking
Studio Granda one of six finalists in the Blueprint Architecture Awards 'Best Public Building Refurbishment' for Reykjavik art Museum

August 2001
Studio Granda awarded first prize in the invited competition for Laugalaekjar Secondary School
Studio Granda awarded first prize in the invited competition for Bifröst Business School

May 2001
Studio Granda appointed as aesthetic consultants for 1.5km of urban highway in the town of Harnarfjördur including cuttings, interchanges, footbridges and subways

February 2001
Studio Granda shortlisted for the new Stonehenge Visitors Centre, Salisbury Plain, England

February 2000
Studio Granda shortlisted for the new Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA

Lectures

2009
Snertifletir, Reykjavík Art Museum, hafnarhús
Space.CITY, Seattle

2008
What Makes a House a Home?, Sóltún, Reykjavík
University of Akureyri
Department of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, NDSU, Fargo, North Dakota

2007
Swedish Association of Architects, Stockholm
Arkitekthøgskolen i Oslo

2006
School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene
Department of Architecture, University of Oregon, Portland
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Scandinavia House, New York

2005
Iceland Academy of the Arts
Facoltà di Architettura di Pescara, DSSARR, Pescara
Inarch, The National Institute of Architecture, "I lunedì dell'Architettura", Rome
Iceland Academy of the Arts

2004
Iceland Academy of the Arts
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Mississippi State University, Jackson

2003
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Washington University In St. Louis

2002
Cardiff University
University of the West of England, Bristol

2001
Bartlet School of Architecture, London
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Bergens Arkitekforening Lecture, Bergen
Building a Vision: Four Architect's Views, Public Presentation, ICA Boston

2000
The Vancouver League MacMillan/Bloedel Lecture, Vancouver
Alaska Design Forum, Fairbanks
Alaska Design Forum, Anchorage
Dalhousie University, Halifax

1999
University of Washington, Seattle
University of California, Berkeley
RWTH Aachen

1998
Universität Karlsruhe
Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg, Tübingen
University of Oregon, Portland
Master of Architecture, International Program, Helsinki
University of Toronto
The University of Tennesse, Knoxville

1997
University of Illinois at Chicago
John Dinkerloo Memorial Lecture, University of Michigan
University College Dublin

1995
Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavík
George Simpson Lecture, University of Edinburgh
RIBA, London

1994
Berlage Institute, Amsterdam
Hochschule der Kunst, Berlin
Fachhochschule, Biberach

1993
III Nordic / Baltic Triennial, Tallin

1992
AIA, Dublin

1991
OAF, Oslo
Arkitekthøgskolen i Oslo
AIA, Dublin
Bartlett School of Architecture, London

1988
Städelschule, Frankfurt

Symposia

2009
Otras Islas Other Islands International Symposium, Tenerife

2009
Material & Spirit in Architecture symposium, Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstadir

2008
Local identity - the icon dilemma, World Architecture Festival, Barcelona
FÍSOS, Ísafjördur
AAA Banff Session, Banff, Alberta

2007
3 Hús / Three houses, Fagstefna:Framsækin Hönnun, Reykjavík

2004
TAF International Celebration of Architecture, Røros

2002
Royal Society of Architects in Wales Annual Conference, Cardiff
Constructing Place, Auckland Castle, Co. Durham

1995
Literature - Architektur - Literature, Wiesbaden
RIAS Convention, Glasgow

1990
11 Cities / 11 Nations International Symposium, Leeuwarden