Room 606: The Sas House and the Work of Arne Jacobson
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (670 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0714861081 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He has become a universally recognized authority on Arne Jacobsen. Michael Sheridan is a practising architect in New York City. . He lived in Copenhagen during his youth and later studied architecture at the University of Minnesota and Columbia University in New York
'an insightful guide to Jacobsen's career and work'. Daily Telegraph 'Re-visit the hotel in its heyday with Phaidon's in-depth monograph. (and now you know which room to ask for when you stay.' Wallpaper* 'a meticulous record' Building Design 'a designerati's dream documents the glory days of an enduring icon.' Independent on Sunday 'exhaustive reveals the extraordinary details of Jacobsen's work and philosophy' The Independent on Sunday
This book is organized in thematic chapters, broken down into three sections, which each examine room 606 as a microcosm of the SAS House. Each section reconstructs the original building and traces the connections between Jacobsen's masterpiece and his other works, from buildings to household objects.
"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 civi. 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 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