Arnar Þór Jónsson, Birgir Teitsson, Björn Guðbrandsson, Erna Þráinsdóttir. ARKÍS arkitektar

ARKÍS arkitektar is a studio based in Kópavogur, Iceland, which was established in 1997 as a cutting-edge studio in the fields of architecture, design and planning, and has worked both nationally and internationally. The practice is led by the architects Arnar Þór Jónsson, Birgir Teitsson, Björn Guðbrandsson, Erna Þráinsdóttir, by construction engineers Svava Björk Bragadóttir, Viggó Magnússon, by the interior designer Thelma Guðmundsdóttir and Þorvarður Lárus Björgvinsson.

Among its objectives are to create environments and conditions that improve our quality of life and to promote ecological design and commitment to the environment.

The studio has won several awards that recognise its work internationally. Among its most recent awards are: First prize in the Akranes cement company competition. 2020: first prize in the Sæbrautarstokkur ideas competition. 2020: first prize in the Húsavík old people's home.