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Selected press
2026
Dezeen
'Ten DesignMarch highlights...'


Vogue Scandinavia
'The 12 must-see art exhibitions in Scandinavia in 2026'


2025
PIN-UP
Let it flow - Building with Lava at the Icelandic Pavilion'

CNN
'An ambitious vision of a city built from lava' 

Architectural Digest
'Could Our Cities Soon Be Made From Lava?'

Wallpaper*
'Design Awards 2025 winners are…


MIT technical review
'This architect wants to build cities out of lava'

 
Monocle
'Architects in Iceland are showing us how to build with molten lava'

Archdaily
'Iceland’s National Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale'


E-flux
'Icelandic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale'


2024
RIBA journal
'Could Iceland tame molten lava for insitu construction?'


Designboom
'The Lavaforming Pavilion is heading to the 2025 Venice Biennale'


2022
Dezeen
'Arnhildur Palmadottir proposes building cities from lava'


2021
Morgunblaðið
'Manngerðar hraunborgir'





Exhibitions & festivals 
2026 
'Lavaforming'
OVNi festival - Forum d’Urbanisme et d’Architecture
Nice
13.11.2026 - 08.01.2027

'Lavaforming' movie screening
The International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA)
Montreal
12.03.2026 - 21.03.2026

'Lavaforming/Hraunmyndanir'
Iceland´s contribution to the 19th International Architecture Biennale in Venice
Reykjavík Art Museum
Reykjavík
23.01.2026 - 26.04.2026

2025
'Lavaforming'
Curator of the Icelandic Pavilion at La Biennale Architettura 2025. National Participation.
The 19th International Architecture Biennale  
Venice
10.05.2025 - 23.11.2025

2022 
'SUBSURFACE/CONVECTION' during Design March 
Ásmundarsalur 
Reykjavík

'Eider' group exhibiton 
Nordic House 
Reykjavík   



Awards


2026 
Arnhildur Pálmadóttir is the City Artist Laureate of Reykjavík 2026

Háteigsvegur 59 - winner of Circular Society category at the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Awards 

2025 
EUmies Awards, shortlisted for 'Háteigsvegur 59'

Háteigsvegur 59 - winner of the Green Shovel prize. 

Icelandic Design Prize finalist for 'Lavaforming' exhibition at the 19th venice architecture biennale 
Icelandic Design Prize finalist for 'Háteigsvegur 59'  

2024
Arnhildur Pálmadóttir revived the The Nordic Council Environment Prize



Talks & lectures
2026
Festa - January Conference 2026
Reykjavík

2025 
Design Talks
Reykjavík

Scandinavian House 
New York 

Oslo design week 
Oslo 

2024 
AALTO University School of Arts, Design and Architecture 

2023 
UIA 
Copenhagen 

2022 
Design Talks
Reykjavík 

Carlo Ratti Studio