Work’s kicked up a few gears and we’re in the middle of some great but exhausting projects, so posts might continue to be on the few-and-far-between side for a little while yet.
In the meantime, I should keep adding fresh links to the Elsewhere linked list (if you’re in a feed reader, grab a feed of Elsewhere links) so there’s still some life about this place.
Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 | Work | No Comments Yet
Arne Jacobsen’s designs for the SAS Royal Copenhagen Hotel covered everything from the architecture of the building itself right down to the chairs, furniture, cutlery, almost every object used throughout the hotel.
Even the doorhandle.
And yes, they’re remarkably beautiful and also perfectly fit the hand — form and function meet at last — and that same fastidious attention to detail flows through everything Jacobsen designed.
Sadly the AJ Door Handle is only used on internal doors, with main room entry through an awful modern swipe-card system — the modernisation of the hotel has meant a few concessions of design to technology and modern conveniences.
Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | Europe 2006-2007 | No Comments Yet
Swan and Egg Chairs in their natural habitat.
Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 | Chairs , Europe 2006-2007 | 2 Comments
I stumbled across some photos from the SAS Royal Copenhagen Hotel that I never got around to posting, so I'll be putting them up over the next few days.
Almost fifty years after it was built, the Royal is still a defining part of the Copenhagen’s built skyline (on the whole it’s a surprisingly low-rise city). The hotel’s checkerboard facade of rooms lit up the dark winter night when I visited.
Posted on Sunday, September 9, 2007 | Europe 2006-2007 | No Comments Yet
I’ve been lazy of late and not taking photos. Here’s one from London instead.
Posted on Monday, September 3, 2007 | Europe 2006-2007 | 1 Comments
