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Arne Jacobsen
“I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.”
Like a locomotive, Arne Jacobsen pushed through the landscape of Danish design and architecture for over half a century. The traces of his work are still present everywhere around us, more than 30 years after his death — from the architecture that we admire as we rush by, to the objects we use and enjoy every day.
Arne was born and raised in Copenhagen. In 1927, he graduated as an architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. After graduating, he obtained his first job at the office of the City Architect of Copenhagen launching his own office only two years later.
Arne quickly bloomed into a world famous modern architect. His buildings can be found throughout Denmark, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Arne was known for his strong decision making skills, which made it possible for him to influence not only the design of a building itself, but the majority of its details. Among his more famous projects are the National Bank in Copenhagen, the SAS Royal Hotel & Terminal Copenhagen, and the St. Catherine’s College in Oxford, UK.
Over the years, Arne ventured into various fields related to his work, including lighting, furniture, cutlery, door handles, sanitary fixtures, fabrics and wallpaper patterns. Perhaps his most famous furniture designs are “The Swan” and “The Egg” chairs.
During Arne’s lifetime, he received several prestigious awards both at home and abroad. As a professor at the Royal Danish Academy, he influenced an entire generation of Danish Architects during his eleven year tenure with the school. Each student eventually developed his or her own architectural language, and built upon the same rationalist and minimalist approach toward architecture.
Lights Designed by Arne Jacobsen
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