Arne Jacobsen
Arne Jacobsen (1902-71), was one of the most important Danish architects and a designers. Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen, he was professor at the Academy from 1956 to 1965. As a designer, Jacobsen made prototypes for furniture, textiles, wallpaper, silverware etc. Among his most famous designs are the Iconic Ant chair, designed for Novo Nordisk canteen in 1952, the Series 7™ (in 1955), The Egg and The Swan designed for the SAS Royal Hotel in 1958, and the tableware Cylinda-Line for Stelton in 1967.
He also created some of the most successful lamps, still in production in the Louis Poulsen collection, such as the AJ series first edited for the SAS Royal Hotel in 1960.
Among his most famous works as an architect are the apartment blocks Bellavista in Klampenborg (1933-34), Bellevue Theatre (1935-36), Århus Town Hall (in co-operation with Erik Møller) (1939-42), Søllerød Town Hall (in co-operation with Flemming Lassen) , Søholm semi-detached houses in Klampenborg (1950-54), Rødovre Town Hall (1957), Glostrup Town Hall (1958),The Munkegård School in Copenhagen (1955-59), SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen (1958-1960), Toms Chocolate Factories in Ballerup (1961), Danmarks Nationalbank (started in 1965), Saint Catherine’s College in Oxford (1964-66).