For day five of architecture week, I take a look at the work of Arne Jacobsen. Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971) was a Danish modernist architect. Probably better known for his furniture design today, but his architecture was just incredible. Actually, I had never heard of him until a few years ago, and now I feel like an idiot for taking so long to discover a true modern genius.
Enjoy a few of Arne’s projects (I call him “Arne” because we’re tight now)
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The projects featured in the gallery are:
aarhus town hall, aarhus, denmark, 1937-1942
Søholm I, klampenborg, 1946-1950
bellavista housing, klampenborg, 1931-1934
texaco gas station, skovshoved, denmark
life guard tower, klampenborg, denmark
a. jespersen og søn, nyropsgade, copenhagen, 1952-1955
stellings hus, gammeltorv, copenhagen, 1934-1937
national bank of denmark, copenhagen, 1961-1978
alléhusene housing, jægersborg allé, gentofte, 1949-1953
odden smokehouse, odden, denmark 1943
villa rüthwen-jürgensen, skodsborg strandvej 300, skodsborg, denmark 1953-1956
almegaarden farmhouse, lumsås, denmark 1951-1953
nyager school, rødovre, copenhagen denmark 1959-1964
villa sørensen, nordre strandvej 53B, elsinore, denmark 1935
ibstrupparken housing, first stage, gentofte, denmark 1941
round house for leo henriksen, 1956
novo industri, copenhagen, denmark, 1954-55
st. catherine’s college, oxford, england 1959-1964
All the photos are from Seier+Seier’s photostream on Flickr and have been used under the creative commons license. Original images can be found HERE.