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SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen, image © adrian welch
Arne Jacobsen
1902-71
Jacobsen is famous for designing the fixtures, fittings as well as the buildings. He is probably better known to non-architects as the designer of the Egg chair, the Swan, Ant and the beautiful but ubiquitous Series 7 chair.
Arne Jacobsen designed some key buildings abroad: St Catherine's College, Oxford, England - 1960 - and The Belvedere Restaurant in Hannover, Germany - 1964.
1924 becomes an architecture student at the Royal Academy of the Arts in Copenhagen.
1927 graduates from the Royal Academy of the Arts.
1930 Jacobsen won his first public project, at Bellevue.
Aarhus Rådhus - Aarhus Town Hall, Jutland, Denmark
Image © Isabelle Lomholt
Aarhus Town Hall
Key Copenhagen building by Arne Jacobsen:
SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen / SAS Royal Hotel København
1960
Hammerichsgade 1, Copenhagen - adj. Tivoli Gardens
Arne Jacobsen, Architect
Royal Hotel Copenhagen, image © adrian welch
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel was the first Copenhagen skyscraper.
Room 606 features original Jacobsen furniture and fittings.
SAS Hotel, Copenhagen: provided by Danish Architecture Centre in 2004
Alberto K restaurant is located on the top floor and also features original Arne Jacobsen furniture. Radisson SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen is a 5 star hotel.
Arne Jacobsen Hotel
Bellavista Housing Estate
Strandvejen, Klampenborg, north Copenhagen
1934
Arne Jacobsen, Architect
Innovative early Jacobsen building. Received an award from Gentofte Borough in 1934. Bellavista was listed in 1987. Restaurant Jacobsen is located here - Restaurant Jacobsen restoration by architects MAA PAR Ladegaard & Christiansen
Danish National Bank Building
central Copenhagen
1966-1978
Arne Jacobsen, Architect
Arne Jacobsen Building
Stelling Building
Gammeltorv, København
1937
Arne Jacobsen, Architect
Stelling's House: former paint store
Café Stelling - original Arne Jacobsen interior from A Stelling’s Paint Shop
Arne Jacobsen Interior
Key Danish buildings by Arne Jacobsen:
Aarhus Town Hall - Århus Radhuset
1941
An Annex was added to Aarhus Town Hall Annex in 2000 by 3XN Architects
Rødovre City Hall
1952-56
Arne Jacobsen building outside Denmark:
Royal Danish Embassy, London, UK
1977
Royal Danish Embassy London
Bagsvaerd Church
Copenhagen Opera House
Arne Jacobsen architect : Danish designers
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Arne Jacobsen Building Photos © adrian welch
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Exhibition celebrating architect Arne Jacobsen's 100th birthday at The Lighthouse in Glasgow 2002
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