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T T H H E E A A R R C C H H I I T T E E C C T T A RNE J ACOBSEN (1902-1971) WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THE NEW AND MODERN B ELLEVUE AND A PIONEER OF MODERN MOVEMENT ARCHITECTURE . E DUCATED AT THE S CHOOL OF A RCHITECTURE AT THE R OYAL D ANISH A CADEMY OF F INE A RTS , HE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF M.G.B INDESBØLL . A S A STUDENT HE EVEN DESIGNED A PROJECT FOR A SEASIDE HOTEL CLOSE TO THE C OTTAGE PARK . T WO YEARS LATER HE WON A GOLD MEDAL FOR A PROJECT FOR A N ATIONAL M USEUM ON THE VERY SAME SITE . A RNE J ACOBSEN ’ S BREAKTHROUGH CAME IN 1929, UPON WINNING THE COMPETITION FOR AN EXHIBITION FOR THE “H OUSE OF THE F UTURE ” TOGETHER WITH HIS COLLEAGUE F LEMMING L ASSEN . W ITH THIS VISIONARY PROJECT HE BROKE WITH TRADITION , AND MOVED TOWARDS THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT- GARDE . O VER THE NEXT MANY YEARS A RNE J ACOBSEN DESIGNED A WIDE RANGE OF OUTSTANDING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS . B ELLEVUE HOWEVER CONTINUED TO BE A POINT OF RETURN THROUGHOUT HIS LONG CAREER , FROM HIS EARLY STUDENT WORK TO HIS FINAL HOME . P ROBABLY MOST WELL - KNOWN AND WIDELY CHERISHED IS HIS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN OF FURNITURE , CUTLERY , LAMPS AND TEXTILES . LEAF PATTERN, ONE OF MANY FLORAL CARTOONS BY ARNE JACOBSEN FOR TEXTILES OR WALLPAPER. GAUCHE 1951 (THE ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY). CHAIRS BY ARNE JACOBSEN (PHOTO: KJELD VINDUM). HOUSE OF THE FUTURE, MODEL 1929 (PHOTO: ARNE JACOBSEN, THAU & VINDUM, 1998)
