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In the center of Copenhagen, on the sixth floor of the Royal Hotel, a single room preserves in microcosm the definitive masterwork of Danish architect Arne Jacobsen. Room 606 is the last surviving interior of

the SAS House - an unparalleled example of modern architecture and design. Best known beyond his Scan-dinavian homeland as a furniture designer, Jacobsen (1902-1971) was one of the outstanding architects of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he created complete settings for daily life, dissolving the boundaries between architecture, interior, and indust-rial design. The SAS House represented the pinnacle of these efforts and, by the completion of the project in 1960, Jacobsen had designed every detail, including new furniture such as the now famous Egg and Swan chairs, fabrics, fixtures, and even the silverware.

This book presents a unique insight into Jacobsen's work, using the time capsule Room 606 as a lens through which to examine his entire career. The chapters are organized thematically and each consists of three sections that together look at Room 606 as a microcosm of the SAS House, reconstruct the original building, and trace the connections between Jacobsen's masterpiece and his other works, from buildings to household objects. ... Read more

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Room 606: The SAS House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen
The Dalai Lama was staying at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel when I was in Copenhagen, a month ago, but happily Room 606 was unoccupied and I was able to see this one surviving fragment of Arne Jacobsen's gesamtkunstwerk. Denmark's leading architect designed this hotel-terminal in 1960 as the flagship of SAS, a major patron of progressive design, when air travel was still a civilized experience for a fortunate few. Fabrics, lighting, and furniture-most famously the Egg, Swan, and Drop chairs-even the stainless steel flatware and door handles were custom designed by Jacobsen for the hotel. Everything but the one room (which rents for about $575 a night) and the spiral stair in the lobby has now been changed. Sheridan, a New York architect, employs a wealth of period photos and sketches to recreate every facet of the original and places it in the context of Jacobsen's earlier work. The result is a gem of lucid scholarship. (Michael Webb is the book reviewer for LA Architect magazine.) ... Read more

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The newest addition to the successful Compact Design Portfolio series focuses on a designer whose work is as visionary as it is recognizable; Arne Jacobsen, a midcentury modern master whose Ant Chair now outnumbers the population of his native Denmark. As with the other titles in the series, this book is written by a renowned design critic and provides a substantial gallery of the designer's works in a handy package. Authoritative, attractive, and supremely affordable, the Compact Design Portfolio is easily the best value design book series on the market. ... Read more

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Danish designer and architect Arne Jacobsen would have been one hundred years old in 2002, and Absolutely Modern takes this centennial celebration as a wonderful excuse to look back on and also forward to his oeuvre and legacy. Jacobsen's most distinguishing characteristic was arguably his preoccupation with the Gesamtkunstwerk, with wanting to do it all, to apply design to everything, from the cellar to the roof, from silverware to the National Bank. Absolutely Modern looks at the range of objects and buildings he created throughout his career, and invites three international architects--Dominique Perrault, Gigon & Guyer, and Sejima and Nishizawa--to clarify his legacy against the background of their own practices.

Edited by Michael Juul Holm, Kjeld Kjeldson and Tine Vindfeld. Essays by Juhani Pallasmaa, Kenneth Frampton, Kjeld Vindum, Carsten Thau, Michael Seridan, Peter Thule Kristensen, Christina Capetillo, Anne Louise Sommer, Felix Solaguren-Beascoa, Christoffer Harlang, Eric Messerschmidt and Ken Rivad.
Foreword by Kjeld Kjeldsen and Poul Erik Tojner.

Paperback, 8.25 x 10.25 in., 96 pages, 101 color &57 b/willustrations ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from New Statesman (1996), published by New Statesman, Ltd. on April 22, 2002. The length of the article is 1437 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Great Dane: Matthew Dodd celebrates the centenary of the modernist Arne Jacobsen. (Design).
Author: Matthew Dodd
Publication: New Statesman (1996) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 22, 2002
Publisher: New Statesman, Ltd.
Volume: 131Issue: 4584Page: 42(3)

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The book conveys to the reader an appreciation of Jacobsen and his work as an architect. In the 1920s, the press described Arne Jacobsen as the "leading representative" of functionalism and as "the Danish Corbusier". Ethereal elegance was Jacobsen’s hallmark throughout his career; for example his staircases, whose light construction and suspension seem to defy gravity. All Jacobsen’s significant works are described in this book. Among the works studied are Stelling’s house, the town halls, the SAS Hotel and the Danish Central Bank. Jacobsen worked as an architect and designer for almost 50 years. During this period, his professional range embraced, among other things furniture, textiles, wallpaper, lamps, porcelain, hollowware, and steel. ... Read more

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THE Definitive book on Arne Jacobsen
As some architectural books are only just coffee table eye candy, this book really goes leaps and bounds past such a moniker. In it's breadth and its depth, the complete Arne Jacobsen is found within these pages. History, ideology, critical examinations of his works (everything from buildings, furniture, textiles, interiors, ceramics, cutlery, etc.). It's a great book if you are looking for information on this great Danish designer.

It CAN be found in english as well as assorted other languages.

arne jacobsen
it's so important for my investigation. But i like to Know if you can find it writen in english, (for me to comprehend it) ... Read more