OVERVIEW
In July 1960 the SAS Royal Hotel opened in Copenhagen as the world’s first design hotel. Now known as the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, it was the embodiment of Arne Jacobsen’s whole-picture approach to architecture and design.
Jacobsen received the brief in 1955 from Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) to build the first hotel of its kind and set Copenhagen up as the Nordic gateway for the new tourists travelling from America. The hotel was to act as a terminal in the city centre, with guests whisked direct from its cocktail lounge to Kastrup Airport in a mere 20 minutes.
Arne Jacobsen collection: Lever handle AJ111, large - Lever Handle
Arne Jacobsen collection: Lever handle AJ97, small - Lever handle
House of Disabled People's organisation
SOABE - University of Wolverhampton
Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene's
Céline Hallas residential home
Barbara's atelier
BSF concept store
Cambridge Central Mosque
St Catherine's College