An updated, rewritten and expanded edition of the cult classic
exploring Jacobsen's midcentury design through the microcosm of a single
hotel room
In the center of Copenhagen, on the sixth floor of the Royal Hotel, Room
606 preserves the definitive masterwork of the Danish architect and
designer Arne Jacobsen, in microcosm. Room 606 is the only surviving
interior of the SAS House; the combined luxury hotel and satellite air
terminal that Jacobsen designed for the Scandinavian Airlines System
(SAS) and completed in 1960.
The SAS House was the most complete commission of Jacobsen's career, in
which he exercised the full range of his talents as a designer of
furniture, lamps, textiles, gardens, tableware and graphics. As the
fragment that encapsulates the basic ideas of the whole building, Room
606 provides a lens for reconstructing Jacobsen's vanished masterwork in
words and images.
Richly illustrated with nearly 500 photographs and drawings, this book
guides the reader on a virtual tour through the Royal Hotel and SAS Air
Terminal as they stood in 1960. Along the way, the author reveals the
connections between the SAS House and Jacobsen's earlier buildings and
objects. As a result, the tour that begins in Room 606 provides a
general introduction to Jacobsen's career.
Based on his ongoing study of modern Nordic architecture, Michael
Sheridan has developed ideas established in his 2003 cult classic--also
titled Room 606 and long out of print--to arrive at a fresh
perspective on Arne Jacobsen's life's work. Using new text and images,
Sheridan reveals the essence of Jacobsen's creative practice, in which
he employed technology to heighten the presence of nature.
New York-based architect Michael Sheridan is an internationally
recognized authority on modern Danish architecture and design. His
earlier books on those subjects include Landmarks: The Modern House in
Denmark (2014) and Louisiana: Architecture and Design (2017).
