(Arne Emil Jacobsen)
* 1902 in Copenhagen
† 1971 in Copenhagen
- apprenticeship as stonemason; studied at the Royal Academy of Arts Copenhagen, including under Kay Fisker; degree 1927
- 1929 foundation of his own architectural office: focus on private houses, housing estates and furniture designs.
- 1932–1935 Öresund housing estate
- 1942 Aarhus Town Hall
- 1943 emigrated to Sweden until the end of the war
- from 1945 public buildings; Rodovre Town Hall near Copenhagen
- from 1956 professorship at the Royal Academy of Arts Copenhagen. SAS Royal Hotel (Copenhagen’s first skyscraper)
- from 1965 Christianeum, Hamburg (executed posthumously in 1972)
- from 1968 Vattenfall headquarters Hamburg, Mainz Town Hall (with Otto Weitling): numerous awards and prizes
- Jacobsen’s furniture designs like the “Ant”, “Egg” or “Swan” chairs are now design classics
