Jacobsen designed a number of notable buildings including the SAS Royal Copenhagen Hotel, the Royal Danish Embassy in London, and the National Bank of Denmark. The SAS Royal Hotel (1960) was the first design hotel ever built in which he designed both the building and the hotel’s interior. He also influenced a wide range of minimalist design including light fixtures, fabrics, wallpaper, and flatware among many others. Jacobsen’s futuristic flatware design was even featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Jacobsen also left his mark in furniture design with the iconic Swan, Ant, and Egg chairs.
He was a professor of architecture at the Skolen for Brugskunst in Copenhagen for 11 years and received the C.F. Hansen Medal in 1955 as well as an Honorary Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects. Jacobsen’s work is included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Design Museum in London, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
