OLOF

Iceland produces some great music - this is indie folk singer Olof Arnalds (oh, she has a song with Bjork called Surrender). Her first album, Vid Og Vid graces my kitchen bench each morning.. and evening, Ive been listening to her a lot lately, and I also very much like the album cover  

Earth-Sheltered

Icelandic houses with turf roofs

I really love uniform houses / villages / cities, they just look so scenic and idiosyncratic when gazed from afar

Because Iceland has such harsh weather and is extremely remote, foreign timber could not be introduced easily, so the abundance of turf was utilised instead to help insulate houses

What a fantastic way to live in harmony with your surroundings

I would like to slumber in one

All images taken from http://green-fab.com