Gunnlaugur Halldórsson (1909–1986) was an Icelandic architect. He is considered the first Icelandic modernist architect.[1] [2] [3] He was educated in Denmark.
Some of his works include the 1940 expansion of Landsbankinn,[4] Háskólabíó (co-designed by Guðmundur Kr. Kristinsson)[5] and the re-designed of Bessastaðir (the official residence of the President of Iceland) in the style of Danish manors. He designed the Sólheimar tower blocks in Reykjavík; the first of their kind.