Icelandic Design Center announces Basalt Architects as its top winner for 2018

Regarded as Iceland's coveted design awards competition, the Icelandic Design Center announced its recipients of the Icelandic Design Award and the Best Investment in Design Award. The competition awards the designer, team, studio, or architect who best exemplifies a new work, project, object, or collection. In collaboration with the Museum of Design and Applied Art and the Iceland Academy of the Arts, the winning project was chosen based on the demonstration of creative thinking, presentation and professional methodology throughout the design process. The recipient of the Best Investment in Design Award were chosen based on how design is incorporated into a company's core values and overall operations. 

The jury selected 5 nominees and after a thorough review the they selected Basalt Architects as its award winner. The firm has made huge contributions to Icelandic design, specifically contributions in bathing development in Iceland and tourism.

Check out Basalt Architects and their projects below! 

2018 Iceland Design Award winner: 
Architecture design: Basalt Architects
Experience design: Design Group Italia
Interior design: Basalt Architects and Design Group Italia
Product design: Design Group Italia
Lighting design: Liska
Engineering: EFLA
Construction Inspection: Verkfræðistofa Suðurnesja
General contractor: Jáverk 

2018 Best Investement in Design Award winner:
Architecture design: Basalt Architects
Exhibition design: Basalt Architects and Gagarín
Scenography: Basalt Architects
Interactive media: Gagarín
Manuscript: Ari Trausti Guðmundsson
Lighting design: Liska
Construction of exhibits: Irma Studio