Case Study 6.2M HIGH REVOLVING DOOR. ARION BANKI (FORMER KAUPTHING BANK) REYKJAVIK, ICELAND Reykjavik is the capital and largest city in Iceland. Located in the south west of the country and with a latitude of 64°8’ N, it is the world’ s northernmost capital of a sovereign state – little wonder then, that extreme weather conditions are the norm and equally little wonder that something out of the ordinary was required for an impressive new entrance to the Arion Banki. The basic brief from T -Ark, the in-house architect for the Bank, was to design an outstanding and impressive entrance that would protect the interior of the building from the rigours of a sea-front location subjected to high winds and a corrosive environment. The chosen design called for a fully automatic Royal Full Vision R

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