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The SAS Royal Hotel: Arne Jacobsen’s Total Work of Art

In 1960, Copenhagen’s SAS Royal Hotel became Denmark’s first skyscraper and a modernist manifesto by Arne Jacobsen.

From the architecture to the iconic Swan and Egg chairs, the Danish architect explored the idea of a total design project, in which every detail contributes to the user’s experience.

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