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Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA (Danish pronunciation: [ˈɑːnə e̝ˈmiˀl ˈjɑkʰʌpsn̩]; 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural functionalism and for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple well-designed chairs.
Søholm Row Houses. Coordinates: 55°46′29″N 12°35′30″E. Houses in the Søholm I row. The Søholm Row Houses, designed by the Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in Klampenborg just north of Copenhagen, were completed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. [1] Together with his Bellavista developments, the Søholm houses helped to establish ...
It was at this exhibition that Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen exhibited their subscription to the cylindrical "House of the Future". During World War II, the Danish resistance movement group Holger Danske destroyed the original hall in an act of sabotage in August 1943. [1] The hall was first rebuilt and extended in 1947.
Rothenborg House. The Rothenborg House ( Danish: Rothenborgs Hus ), Klampenborgvej 37, is a private home in Klampenborg, just north of Copenhagen, designed by the Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in 1930. The house was built for the lawyer Max Rothenborg. His wife was thrilled with the building and participated enthusiastically in its furnishings.
Rescue of the Danish Jews. The Danish resistance movement, with the assistance of many Danish citizens, managed to evacuate 7,220 of Denmark's 7,800 Jews, plus 686 non-Jewish spouses, by sea to nearby neutral Sweden during the Second World War. [1] The arrest and deportation of Danish Jews was ordered by the German leader Adolf Hitler, but the ...
Bellavista in 2022. The Bellavista housing estate designed by Arne Jacobsen is the clearest example of Bauhaus architecture in Denmark. [ 1 ] Completed in 1934, the estate is located just north of Copenhagen, in Klampenborg, Gentofte Municipality, next to Jacobsen's Bellevue Beach, which had been completed a couple of years earlier. [ 1 ]
Some of the most active architects working internationally with this style, includes Edvard Heiberg, Arne Jacobsen and Alvar Aalto. Nordic funkis features prominently in Scandinavian urban architecture, as the need for urban housing and new institutions for the growing welfare states exploded after World War II.
Stelling House (Danish: Stellings Hus) is a building on Gammeltorv in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. Completed in 1937, it was designed as an office building and retail store for the A. Stelling paint company by Arne Jacobsen who took pains to have it blend in with the older buildings which surround it.