Due to celebrate its official inauguration on 20th August this year, Harpa – the Icelandic Concert Hall and Conference Centre – recently hosted a series of opening concerts to which 30,000 guests attended (nearly one Icelander in ten). Designed by Henning Larsen Architects (HLA), artist Olafur Eliasson, local architects Batteriid, Artec Acoustic Consultants, contractors IAV, operating company Nysir, private investor Landsbanki and the three engineering companies Rambøll, Greiner and Mannvit, the collectively-known Portus Group took first place in a PPP competition for the project... >>>