Alternance - Architecture, Urban planning, design

14/01/2026

Gleðilegt nýtt ár - A happy new year - Bonne année 2026

16/05/2025

The final publication of Human Cities, "Remote Places, Public Spaces", has been released!

👉Discover the projects carried out by European partners in 10 different remote places.

🌿We're especially proud to share Sögutorgin, our team's contribution based in Borgarnes, Iceland.

Over the past four years, we have worked on the Human Cities – Smoties project, a European initiative focused on developing life in public spaces. The project used participatory design as a tool to develop design solutions for public spaces in small towns and more remote areas.

Huge thanks to our partner in Sögutorgin, the Department of Planning and Design at Lbhí. Thanks also to the Borgarbyggð municipality, the residents of Borgarnes and local heroes (Sigursteinn Sigurðsson and Hafþór Ingi Gunnarsson). And to our SMOTIES partners across Europe-thank you for an unforgettable experience!

https://birkhauser.com/en/book/9783035629132
Click on Download PDF to read the book. It is also possible to order this beautiful book in print.


POLIMI DESIS Lab Politecnico di Milano FH JOANNEUM Design & Kommunikation FH JOANNEUM Zamek Cieszyn Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije Cité du designArt Circle Slovenia Universidade da Madeira - Página Institucional Eesti Disainerite Liit / Estonian Association of Designers @Ενημέρωση Φοιτητών Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου

15/08/2024

Breytt deilskipulag í Hverdölum. Hönnun Alternance. https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2024/08/04/hotel_skidabrekka_og_badlon/
https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2024/08/13/badlon_raunhaeft/

Félagið Heklubyggð áformar mikla uppbyggingu við Skíðaskálann í Hveradölum. Samhliða þessu áformar félagið Hveradalir að byggja baðhús og baðlón í Stóradal, skammt frá Skíðaskálanum, en fjallað var um þessi verkefni í Morgunblaðinu 1. og 3. ágúst.

05/03/2024

We are proud to announce that THE BELGIAN BUILDING AWARDS - INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2024 went to the project of Hovering Trails - Svífandi göngustígar in Hveradalir Iceland. Laurent Ney (Ney & Partners) and Birgir Þ. Johannsson (Alternance - Architecture, Urban planning, design).

Nom du projet Hovering Trails Bureau d’architecture Ney & Partners Details Informations générales Localisation (ville et pays) Hveradalir, Islande Site Web du bureau https://ney.partners/ URL de la page web où on trouve des infos sur le projet https://www.hoveringtrails.com/ Quelles autres part...

26/02/2024

Síðastliðinn fimmtudag kom góð grein í Morgunblaðinu um Sögutorgin í Borgarnesi. Verkefnið er í höndum Alternance og stýrt af mér ásamt Astrid Lelarge og Páli Lindal. Á heimasíðu verkefnisins - www.sogutorgin.is - er að finna ýmis gögn um þverfaglega rannsókn, borgarformræði, sögu, íbúasamráð og frumhönnunina. Verkefnið tengist Human-Cities Smoties sem Alternance er partur af og unnið í samvinnu við Borgbyggð sem hefur stutt verkefnið.

16/05/2023

Forhönnun á nýju miðbæjartorgi í Borgarnesi með íbúasamráði.

01/02/2023

It has been a wonderful year and great pleasure to work with all our lovely partners together. May the new year bring new happiness, new goals, new achievements, and a lot of new inspirations on your life. Wishing you a year fully loaded with joy!

16/12/2022

19/10/2022

The house at Vesturgata 51 renovated by Alternance just got rewarded for the remarkable renovation that has been done. Saying that -The results are exemplary-. https://reykjavik.is/frettir/fegrunarvidurkenningar-reykjavikurborgar-2022-0?fbclid=IwAR3I5StlMZfKmd9u_KkOzCawZWd2j51n7jp3Peha9kzpJtZcxAvDwhTymUY

http://www.alternance.is/verkefn25

Fegrunarviðurkenningar Reykjavíkurborgar fyrir árið 2022 voru veittar við hátíðlega athöfn í Höfða í dag, miðvikudaginn 19. október. Reykjavíkurborg veitir árlega viðurkenningar fyrir fallegar stofnana- , fyrirtækja- og fjölbýlishúsalóðir og fyrir vandaðar endurbætur á eld...

07/08/2022

Architects - For a job application, half or full time, please send an email with cv to [email protected]

12/07/2022

Ongoing project of Alternance 👉 Human Cities - SMOTIES
co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union 🇪🇺

Lecturing about the rainbow street of Seyðisfjörður and discovering so many inspiring design projects thanks to our Slovenian partners.

Transnational meeting in Ljubjana organised by the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia