Guðjón Samúelsson designed the Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavik, completed in 1986 after forty years of construction and planning. Somewhere between the Cologne cathedral and the Ryugyong Hotel, the concrete structure looms 74.5m over the town. Streets converge on the church in traditional European fashion. The stepped jagged edges aren't exactly traditional, however. Samúelsson claimed inspiration for this design came from the natural basalt lava formations in the area. The concrete pillars rise increasingly higher until they meet at the tower's zenith.
The interior has an unadorned Gothic nave. The procession ends at a rounded bell-like cupola at the rear, the only feminine quality to the whole building. The statue in front was there before the building, and was a gift from the United States, of explorer Leif Eriksson. Recent restoration has brightened the cold concrete of this looming building.
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