Room 606: The Sas House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (893 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0714842893 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
'A lavish new book by Phaidon showing original drawings and sketches by Jacobsen and period images plus new color photographs.' (Attitude)
"Room 606: The SAS House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen" according to Michael Webb. The Dalai Lama was staying at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel when I was in Copenhagen, a month ago, but happily Room 606 was unoccupied and I was able to see this one surviving fragment of Arne Jacobsen's gesamtkunstwerk. Denmark's leading architect designed this hotel-terminal in 1960 as the flagship of SAS, a major patron of progressive design, when air travel was still a civilized experience for a fortunate few. Fabrics, lighting, and furniture-most famously the . Brian Battle said Must for Arne Jacobsen fans. A thorough and complete history of the SAS hotel and Arne Jacobsen. Being a huge Arne Jacobsen fan I love this book. Excellent survey of Jacobsen's Gesamtkusntwerk Mark Mussari This is an excellently written and beautifully illustrated book that sits at a clear intersection between architecture and aesthetic appreciation. It is a very straightforward book: the language is neither florid nor overly technical. In its own way, it is a literary time capsule capturing what has mostly been lost, Jacobsen's inventive creation of every facet of the SAS Royal Hotel. In some ways it is a difficult book to read, because it leaves one amazed that th
Jacobsen was one of the outstanding architects of the twentieth century, throughout his career, creating complete settings for daily life and dissolving the boundaries between architecture, interior and industrial design. This book presents a unique insight into Jacobsen's work, using the 'time-capsule' Room 606 as a lens through which to examine the span of his entire career. Room 606 is the last surviving interior of the SAS House: an unparalleled example of modern architecture and design, completed in 1960. In the centre of Copenhagen, on the sixth floor of the Royal Hotel, a single room preserves a microcosm of the definitive masterwork of Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen (1902-71). The SAS House represented the pinnacle of his achievements, for which Jacobsen had designed every detail, including new furniture such as the now famous Egg and Swan chairs, fabrics, fixtures and even silverware. A lost world of mid-twentieth-c
He lived in Copenhagen during his youth and later studied architecture at the University of Minnesota and Columbia University in New York. . He has become a universally recognized authority on Arne Jacobsen. Michael Sheridan is a practising architect in New York City