Arne Jacobsen was a Danish architect and designer noted for his sense of proportion. He paid careful attention to minute details in his designs and believed that every element had to be harmonious. Some of his most famous works that illustrated his combination of naturalism and modernist ideals included the Ant chair, the SAS Royal Hotel, and the tableware Cylinda-Line.

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“The fundamental R
factor is proportion. N
Proportion is precisely
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what makes the old
Greek temples
beautiful… And when J
we look at some of the
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most admired buildings
of the Renaissance or C
the Baroque, we notice O
that they are all well- B
proportioned. That is
the essential thing.” S
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3. • Arne Emil Jacobsen (11 Feb 1902 – • Arne Jacobsen is noted for his sense
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24 Mar 1971) was a Danish Architect of proportion.
and Designer. • He paid careful attention to minute R
• Educated at the Royal Danish details of the design and believed that N
Academy of Fine Arts, School of every single element had to be E
Architecture in Copenhagen, he was harmonious from the shade of paint,
professor at the Academy from 1956 down to the doorknobs.
to 1965. • His buildings and furniture designs J
• He is remembered for his both illustrated a combination of his A
contribution to Architectural love of naturalism and modernist
Functionalism. C
ideals.
• His architecture includes a • Among his most famous designs are O
considerable number of epoch the Iconic Ant chair, designed for B
making buildings in both Denmark, Novo Nordisk canteen in 1952, the
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Germany and Great Britain. Series 7, The Egg and The Swan
• As a designer, Jacobsen made designed for the SAS Royal Hotel in E
prototypes for furniture, textiles, 1958, and the tableware Cylinda-Line N
wallpaper, silverware etc. for Stelton.

4. HIS SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURAL WORKS
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• Bellevue Beach, Klampenborg, Denmark (1932)
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• Bellavista residential complex, Klampenborg, Copenhagen (1931–34) N
• Bellevue Theatre and restaurant, Klampenborg (1935–36) E
• Stelling House, 6 Gammeltorv, Copenhagen (1934–37)
• Søllerød Town Hall , Søllerød, Copenhagen (1938–42) J
• Århus City Hall (with Erik Møller), Århus (1939–42) A
• Rødovre Town Hall, Rødovre, Denmark (1952–56) C
• SAS Royal Hotel, Copenhagen (1958–60). O
• National Bank of Denmark, Copenhagen (1965–70) B
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• St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK (1964–66)
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• Royal Danish Embassy, London, UK (1976–77)
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• Parliament House, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Bellavista
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Klampenborg, E
Copenhagen
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The Danish Embassy, London Søholm I terraced houses, Klampenborg
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Alléhusene Housing Søllerød Town Hall, Copenhagen

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SAS Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Stelling House N
Copenhagen

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Danmarks National Bank
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Skovshoved Petrol Station, S
Copenhagen, Denmark
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St.Catherine’s college, Oxford

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Aarhus City Hall S
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Interior of Radisson Blu Hotel

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Aarhus City Hall J
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Interior of Rødovre Library E
The Arne Jacobsen Room, at the N
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel.

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The Rødovre central Staircase,in C
Rodovre Hall suspended in O
orange-red steel rods from the
roof construction. The sides are B
cut from 5 cm (2”)steel plate, S
painted a dark grey; the steps are
stainless, only a few mm, bent and
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with a rubber top for grip. N

12. St.Catherine’s College,
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Oxford, UK
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Formal Dining Room N
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Music Room Interior
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Library N

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Senior Common Room
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Formal Dining Room

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St Catherine's College, Oxford St Catherine's College, Oxford E
University (St. Catz) - The University (St. Catz) – Staircase N
Lecture hall in the Library

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Alléhusene Housing, S
jægersborg allé, Gentofte
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The jespersen office building
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16. • Arne Jacobsen´s designs came into
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existence as brief sketches and
were then modeled in plaster or R
cardboard in full size. N
• He kept on working until his
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revolutionary ideas for new
furniture had been realized at the
utmost perfection. J
• The "Ant" from 1952 became the A
starting point of his world fame as a
furniture designer and became the C
first of a number of lightweight O
chairs with seat and back in one B
piece of moulded wood.
• Model "3107“, 1955 is often merely S
called " The Number Seven Chair". It E
was launched in beech, black and N
white.

17. • The Royal Hotel, situated in A
Copenhagen, is one of Jacobsen´s
masterpieces. R
• For the decoration of the hotel he N
designed several pieces of E
furniture, lamps and fabrics, and
also cutlery, glasses, and door
handles. J
• During the 1960´es Arne Jacobsen A
turned to forms as the circle,
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cylinder, triangle, and cubes.
• On the whole, his mind as an O
architect began to influence his B
design. • As significant counterpoints to the stiffly
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• Both the stainless steel tableware upright, monumental building his easy
set "Cylinda-Line" and the lamp chair, the "Swan" and the "Egg", stand out E
series "AJ" reflect this. as organic sculptures. N

18. EGG CHAIR
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• The Egg was designed in a typical Jacobsen
style, using state-of-the-art material. R
• It is believed to be inspired by Eero N
Saarinen's "Womb chair", from which it E
gains some traits.
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• The Egg was (as was the Swan)
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designed as a couch also -
though the actual piece was C
thought to be a figment of O
someone's imagination, fed by B
the existence of the Swan-
couch. S
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19. THE DOT CHAIR A
• Designed as a stacking stool, the Dot has a chromed R
frame with a painted beech 'seat' in a choice of white, N
black, orange, lime or rose.
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20. THE LILY CHAIR A
• It was designed by R
Arne Jacobsen in N
1968 for the Danish
National Bank. E
• The curvy chair with
its characteristic J
wide shoulders and
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slim waist is a
beautiful example of C
how Arne Jacobsen O
constantly kept
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exploring and
challenging the S
possibilities of E
veneer.
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21. THE DROP CHAIR A
• The Drop chair was designed R
for the Royal hotel in 1958,
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and about 40 were
upholstered in brown leather E
for the hotel´s Bistro.
• The Drop chair is one of
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Jacobsen´s moulded shell
chairs. A
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22. THE POT CHAIR A
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23. 3107 DINING CHAIR(7 series)
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• It is the classic chair by Arne
Jacobsen often designated as R
"The Butterfly“ N
• Unlike other chairs of the same E
type, the 3107 is specially
manufactured with fabric in
between the wood layers for J
extra flexibility and durability. A
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24. ANT CHAIR A
• The Ant chair is a classic of R
modern chair design. Original 3-
legged N
• It was designed in 1952 by
Jacobsen for use in the canteen of E
the Danish pharmaceutical firm
”Novo Nordisk”.
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• The Ant was named for its
approximate similarity to the A
outline of an ant with C
its head raised. O
• The chair was designed to be light,
stable, easy to stack up, and to
(Later) 4-legged B
minimize tangling the user's feet. • The chair has since proved very popular S
• The original model had three plastic although the plastic in the legs was E
legs and a seat made from form- replaced by tubular steel, and a version
moulded laminated veneer. with four legs was also made. N

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The original three-legged Ant C
chair on display in Design O
Museum, Denmark
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4 legged ant chairs in Royal
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Café, Copenhagen

26. WOODEN LEGGED GRAND PRIX CHAIR A
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• The Giraffe chair was designed R
for the Royal Hotel´s dining N
room.
• It has a shell upholstered in E
fabric, and wooden edging.
• The legs, in profiled laminated J
wood, are the same as those
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on the Grand Prix chair.
• The Giraffe chair´s design C
objective was that its high O
back would be restful and
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make guests feel relaxed and
comfortable at the table. S
• It provides good access E
between the chairs would
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make serving easy.

28. THE SWAN CHAIR A
• The Swan is a chair and a R
couch designed by
Jacobsen for Radisson N
SAS Royal Hotel in E
Copenhagen.
• He also used it on his
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following projects
like Danmarks National A
bank. C
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• The Swan sofa was made as a special A
model for the furnishing of suites, C
lounges and the panoramic restaurant O
at the SAS hotel in 1958.
• It is available in a variety of fabric B
upholstery as well as exclusive leather S
types. • The characteristic 3-dimensional shape E
• The sofa rests on a shaker base in contains no straight lines but is based
satin polished Aluminium. N
on curves like the Egg and the Swan.

30. ACCESSORIES
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Arne Jacobsen R
Table Lamp -
was originally N
designed for the E
SAS Royal Hotel
in Copenhagen
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Lamp designed for the Royal SAS Hotel
in Copenhagen - Combination of bright O
steel and linen in an elliptical shade B
that seems to float in the air. The
support fits into one side of the elliptical S
base. Raised on this support, the shade
becomes an extension of the base.
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Chest of Drawers

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Arne Jacobsen Cutlery
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AJ Candle Holder, crafted in Bellevue Collection (Wall Lamp, Desk Lamp & N
Stainless Steel Floor Lamp) Created By Jacobsen in 1929.

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AJ Royal Bowl AJ Royal Pendant
Bankers Clock A
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AJ Royal Bowl & Candlestick N
Pair of Jacobsen "Aarhus" ceiling lamp