The Age of Concrete — Season 1, Episode 1: 1915
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 5 episodes
Episode synopsis
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.
About 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.