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WELCOME Making an Entrance
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DESIGNED FOR ALL SENSES
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Scent Sound Taste Sight Touch
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SUITES
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Inspired by the City Room 606 Room 1106 Room 1206 Room 506 Room 1306 Room 1006
DESIGN ICONS The Egg™ The Drop™ The Swan™ The Pot™ 3300 Series™ AJA Flatware™ The Artichoke™ Kaiser Idell™ 6631
FABRICS & PATTERNS
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THE HISTORY
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The Home of Danish Design Famous Guests
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His Story His Legacy
WELCOME to the world’s first design hotel
What defines an authentic stay? In Copenhagen, modern design history was written the moment the SAS Royal hotel opened in 1960. Reborn as the Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen in 2018 with design direction by Space Copenhagen and Fritz Hansen, the renewed Royal is a destination for design aficionados and modern travelers alike. Its extraordinary combination of heritage, legacy and contemporary aesthetics has made it the leading property in the Radisson Collection Hotels portfolio. Defined by premium stays with unrivaled addresses, Radisson Collection Hotels give guests an exclusive entry point into local creativity and culture. As the world’s first design hotel, the Royal will continue to hold a place as a transatlantic getaway and modernist masterpiece, delivering an experience that is both undeniably classic and boldly contemporary.
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MAKING an ENTRANCE Entering the Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen a sense of occasion sets in. Atmospheric and iconic at once, the lobby wonderfully marries Danish modernism and contemporary Scandinavian elegance, with its ethereal spiral staircase making a dramatic entrance. What was once separated has been opened to allow a seamless flow between the lobby, restaurant and bar. The Egg™ chair, a curved variation of the Stay Sofa™ by Gubi, and rare Arne Jacobsen Pot™ chairs, originally used in the lounge in 1960, sit idly as if in dialogue with one another. Intuitively moving through to the bistro-style restaurant, floor-to-ceiling windows and an open kitchen catch the eye. Copper and brass details resurface here, framing the bar and its solid oak counter where signature drinks named after famous designers and architects are served. The entire ground floor is designed with the guest journey in mind: From breakfast on the dandelion Mayor Sofa, to relaxing in the cocooned confines of the Egg chair in the lobby, to a meeting in the work areas. Every detail has been considered.
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THE PRIMARY FACTOR IS PROPORTIONS
ARNE JACOBSEN
DESIGNED FOR ALL SENSES
SPACE + LIGHT + MATERIAL SCENT Whether from the newly-draped furniture or the freshlywrapped handrail that guides the staircase to the first floor, a sense of luxury seems instilled in the smooth touch of leather. In the lobby, lean back in the cushy confines of a Swan™ chair and take in the crackle and aroma rising from the fireplace. In the dining area, the fiery spark of the Josper charcoal grill releases a satisfying sizzle that comes with 3000c heat.
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SOUND Opening up the downstairs area has created a space that is both open and intimate. Punctuated only by timber screens that allow small pockets of privacy, the lofty downstairs connects activity from various corners; a focal point for socializing, working, relaxing, or just waiting in style. On the first floor, ten meeting suites welcome guests into their bubbles of calm, silently overlooking the rush of the city below.
DESIGNED FOR ALL SENSES
TASTE At the bistro-style restaurant, a treat for the senses comes in the form of smoky charcoal specialties, afternoon tea inspired by Arne Jacobsen and signature drinks named after famed figures in the design world. Flavors both traditionally Danish and familiarly French are strongly represented, as are wines with tasting notes ranging from fragrant to full-bodied. At the bar, the punchy tartness of sea buckthorn to the smooth sweetness of chocolate ganache cream leave lasting impressions.
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DESIGNED FOR ALL SENSES
SIGHT Upon entering the Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen, the glow of the grand Louis Poulsen Artichoke lamp might well be the first thing to catch the eye. With its delicate, layered buds and graceful radiance, its source is elegantly concealed. In 1960 as now, lighting has been essential in creating a welcoming and safe entrance to the hotel. As such, the building’s exterior was designed to reflect the moving sky and clouds. Panoramic windows invite light throughout, while Amore™ mirrors designed by Space Copenhagen were added to hotel rooms to reflect the brilliant cityscape.
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TOUCH Textiles and fabrics both original and new are harmoniously united at the Royal. The Loafer™ armchair, designed by Space Copenhagen for the refurbishment, sits dressed in allover velvet velour. Sculptural Egg, Swan and Drop chairs have been revived with Raf Simons upholstery for Kvadrat. In the restaurant, Jacobsen’s Mayor sofa, once locked in storage, was given a new lease of life with a green dandelion motif, inspired by the architect’s love for nature. Original wood paneling and polished marble floors remain, serving as both a commemoration to Arne and as a contrast to the curved lines of his furnishings.
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INSPIRED BY THE CITY A unique experience for design lovers who want to get up close with Danish craftsmanship and watch the city from above: The five signature suites at the Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen are each decked out with iconic furniture, lamps and accessories to honor the designs of Cecilie Manz, Poul Kjaerholm and Arne Jacobsen. While each suite has its own aesthetic language, collectively they represent the importance of design in the Danish capital.
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ROOM
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NOTHING IS LEFT TO COINCIDENCE When the SAS Royal was being built, Arne Jacobsen stood at its top and looked out over the city, taking in the copper church steeples, the forest and the red bricks, which later inspired the color palette of Room 606. One of the world’s most photographed hotel rooms, Room 606 is an amalgamation of Jacobsen’s most iconic designs. Immediately recognizable, the Drop chair is tucked under the wall-hung dressing table, while the classic Swan and Egg chairs, and the 3300 series departure lounge sofa, sit facing one another in a light blue fabric. Collectively, they manage to soften the austere quality of the architecture.
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ROOM
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THE PERFECT SYMBIOSIS OF INDUSTRY & CRAFT
Although seemingly minimalistic, Room 606 is rich in thoughtful details. In love with light, Jacobsen designed a horizontal band of windows that could illuminate the open space, separated only by a thin curtain. As the sun sets over Copenhagen, lamps on rollers allow the light to travel with guests through the room. The only suite made and kept in its makers image, Room 606 takes visitors straight back to 1960. Its perfect symbiosis of industry and craft, natural patterns and geometric order, awards it a timeless, multi-layered character.
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ROOM
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THE COLORS OF COPENHAGEN
ROOM 606 HUES
BACK TO NATURE
Taking cues from the city, Room 606 is dipped in soothing colors inspired by the hotel’s surroundings: the sky, water, turquoise church steeples and the green treetops that dot the cityscape.
Dark wood paneling frames the room in another ode to nature.
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ROOM
1106
ARNE JACOBSEN INSPIRED
Signature SUITE
Enter the Arne Jacobsen inspired suite, also known as the “Funky Arne Suite.” Revamped materials and shades breathe new life into old icons. Based on heavy and deep colors, classic furniture was given new upholstery, showing off how versatile Jacobsen’s designs are when placed within a modern context. For the first time, the Swan is upholstered in velvet, and Jacobsen’s coffee table is topped with marble.
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ROOM
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ARNE JACOBSEN INSPIRED
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ROOM
Poul Kjærholm INSPIRED SIGNATURE SUITE
A Nordic aesthetic inspired by the Danish landscape takes center in this suite. Classic design pieces such as Poul Kjærholm’s famed folding chair PK91 as well as his elegant lounge chair PK22 – dressed in a grey canvas for the occasion – have been selected specifically for the room.
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ROOM
Poul Kjærholm INSPIRED SIGNATURE SUITE
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ROOM
506
The Fritz Hansen
CONTEMPORARY INSPIRED SIGNATURE SUITE Iconic Bauhaus designs illuminate this suite, outfitted with statement pieces by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón. The open, rounded style of Hayón’s Ro™ lounge chair and Favn™ sofa are matched to one-of-akind Fritz Hansen coffee tables, which come together like building blocks to form a stunning visual centerpiece.
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ROOM
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The Fritz Hansen
CONTEMPORARY INSPIRED SIGNATURE SUITE
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ROOM
The Fritz Hansen
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CLASSIC INSPIRED SIGNATURE SUITE A celebration of tradition springs to mind Classic craft is expressed in the functional Lune™ sofa designed by Jaime Hayón, with specially designed coffee tables in color-block bases and Carrara marble surfaces. Whether for a pre-dinner aperitif or as a workplace, the room is ideally suited.
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ROOM
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The Fritz Hansen
CLASSIC INSPIRED SIGNATURE SUITE
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The Cecilie Manz Inspired Signature Suite
A playful but feminine tone composed of light pink, white and greys mix with natural woods. Sink into the stylish surroundings courtesy of Manz’s Minuscule chair, which comes upholstered in a new beige fabric. Her Essay table in solid oak as well as Caravaggio lamps award the room a homely feel – a defining characteristic in the designer’s work.
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ROOM
The Cecilie Manz Inspired Signature Suite
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ROYAL DESIGN ICONS
THE EGG™
THE DROP™
THE SWAN™
THE POT™
Renowned for its cocooning shape and celebrated for its sculptural sensibility, the padded Egg chair presents a synthesis of industry and nature.
Jacobsen’s inspiration from the human form is especially evident in the Drop. It was also the architect’s favorite, as it allowed him to admire his wife’s figure.
Created for the lobby of the SAS Royal, the original Swan chair was made in Jacobsen’s own garage in his Klampenborg home, and has been in production at Fritz Hansen ever since.
A prime example of Jacobsen’s “less is more” philosophy, the embracive Pot chair once served as a focal point at the hotel’s Orchid Bar and winter garden.
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3300 SERIES™
AJA FLATWARE™
THE ARTICHOKE™
KAISER IDELL™ 6631
Created for the SAS terminal at the SAS Royal Hotel, this formal yet cool airport sofa also furnishes Room 606. Designed as a two- and three-seater, the 3300 series provided a convenient meeting point between the hotel’s restaurant and bar.
Used in the original SAS Royal restaurant and later as a prop in Stanley Kubrick’s film A Space Odyssey, the stainless-steel cutlery showcases the lengths to which Jacobsen’s all-encompassing design went.
Originally manufactured by Louis Poulsen out of a commission from Langelinie Pavillonen, the lamp’s 72 latticed leaves now cast their warm glow over the hotel’s revamped entrance area and ten elegant meeting suites.
The undisputed top model of its series, the 6631 is an original Bauhaus design by Christian Dell. For the redesign of the Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen, the lamp makes a sleek addition to the moody yet sophisticated tone of the Poul Kjærholm signature suite.
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FABRICS & PATTERNS A passion for graphically simple and natural designs, Jacobsen understood how fabrics could be used to bring a room to life. Inspired by moods and motifs found in the Scandinavian landscape, many of his most popular wallpapers and texture patterns feature windflowers and leaves. Jacobsen’s wife, Jonna Jacobsen, a trained textile printer, was instrumental in producing these designs.
ROOM 606 Instead of using solid colors, Arne Jacobsen opted for a background of light grey wool speckled with pink and white in the carpets of Room 606. Adding both depth and texture, Jacobsen made sure that his designs were never monotonous, muted or dull to look at.
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The restaurant features the two-seater Mayor Sofa, designed by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen. The sofa’s playful dandelion motif brightens up the space, representing a further ode of Jacobsen’s to the natural world.
The softly sculptured Ro chair by Jaime Hayón uses two fabrics: one to make up its shell and one to make up its cushions. The modern mix of greys is found in room 506, The Fritz Hansen Contemporary Inspired Signature Suite.
SUNNIVA 762, BLUE/RED Blending two tones of wool, the Sunniva 2 fabric pictured above dresses the 3100 sofa in the Arne Jacobsen Inspired Signature Suite. Created by Dior’s creative director Raf Simons for Kvadrat, the collection of natural fabrics reupholster Jacobsen’s sculptural Egg, Swan, and Drop chairs for the very first time.
EXTREME WALNUT, LEATHER
CANVAS 614, PINK Upholstered in soft pink, the Drop makes a feminine addition to the soothing color palette of room 1006, The Cecilie Manz Inspired Signature Suite, infusing grace and elegance to a chair adored by its maker.
Hand stitched around the back, the Extreme Walnut leather emphasizes the organic and soft lines of Jacobsen’s most classic chairs, including the Egg and Series 7. An elegant finish that enhances spaces.
CHIVASSO, HOT MADISON For the hotel’s redesign, Space Copenhagen draped its Loafer lounge chair in striking red velvet, creating an eclectic mix of materials in combination with marble café tables and copper fixtures.
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HOME
A FOR DANISH DESIGN
Arne Jacobsen didn’t want the SAS Royal to be a museum. He wanted it to be livable, to evolve, and more than anything, to be true to its environment. As one of the most prolific designers and architects of the 20th century, Jacobsen approached the design of the SAS Royal hotel with an avant-garde mentality: At the base of the hotel guests could enter the Scandinavian Airlines System’ departure lounge through the lobby, luminous with a battery of fluorescent lights. Here, flanked by arrival and departure gates, a check-in counter and baggage room, as well as a hairdresser, a children’s playroom and a freestanding bar, a Jacobsendesigned bus pulled up that would whisk passengers away to the airport. A symbol of the jet age, of prosperity, and the triumph of Danish modernism, the SAS Royal represented the height of luxury – even if that meant making a rather large dent in the linear Copenhagen skyline. From the first architectural sketches down to the cutlery, every detail has Jacobsen’s fingerprints on it. Now-iconic furnishings such as the Swan and Egg chairs, for example, were designed exclusively for the hotel.
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THE HISTORIC HOME OF DANISH DESIGN When the two-year renovation process began that would see the SAS Royal transition into the present day, there was one question that served as a guide:
SOME OF OUR GUESTS
Cliff Richards
Nelson Mandela
Rod Stewart
Emperor Hirohito
Michael Douglas
Frank Sinatra
Tina Turner
Dalai Lama
“WHAT WOULD ARNE DO? ” Classic yet comfortable, the revamped hotel makes its past accessible by presenting it within the confines of a contemporary aesthetic. Fluid space that invites light, colors taken from nature’s color palette, and views that put the city at your fingertips – then as now, the Radisson Collection, Royal Copenhagen manages to bring the essence of Danish design to the global stage.
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Top right: The SAS Royal’s first guests arrive Right 2: Guests relaxing in the former SAS air terminal Right 3: The iconic Swan™ unveiled Bottom right: President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the hotel guest book
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HIS HISTORY Arne Jacobsen
“A city within a city” was how the Royal SAS was described when it first opened. The building that allowed Arne Jacobsen to exercise his full range of talents, the hotel is the architect’s most all-encompassing and influential body of work. Born in 1902 in Copenhagen’s Østerbro district, Jacobsen yearned to become a painter but instead took to his father’s advice and enrolled in the Copenhagen Technical Academy. Continuing his classical education at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Jacobsen graduated in 1926 and began a brief apprenticeship at the office of city architect Poul Holsøe. It was during this time that Jacobsen and his friend and architect Flemming Lassen partnered in a competition to design “The House of the Future.” In winning first prize, the house was built for the exhibition and Jacobsen was established as one of the most visionary architects of his time.
From the early 1930s until his death in 1971, Jacobsen designed more than 100 buildings and family homes in Denmark and abroad. Repeatedly playing on the balance between shadow and light, vertical and horizontal, circular and linear, Arne Jacobsen did everything with seamless precision. His inspiration from the avenues of New York City, the Bauhaus movement, flowers and landscape gardening, are manifested not only in his buildings and furnishings, but also in his watercolor illustrations and wallpaper designs, which continue to inspire the design world today.
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ARNE IS EVERYWHERE His Legacy
A perfectionist to whom no detail was trivial, Jacobsen has been instrumental in shaping the Scandinavian design landscape. Open plan, flexible spaces that maximize light at every turn have become hallmarks of Scandinavian style everywhere, combining function with inspiration from nature in a very organic way. In addition, the frequent use of teak, rosewood, birch and ash, as done by Arne Jacobsen, has created a new elegance that lends warmth to colder Nordic environments. In designing the SAS Royal from its first sketches down to the finest details, the Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen as it is today called,
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holds the title as the one and only design hotel, and can soundly be called the home of Danish modernism. Its renovation, completed in 2018, has not only brought Jacobsen’s ideas back to life, but has also proven the timeless quality of Danish modernism by placing it within the confines of contemporary life. A piece of living history, and at the same time authentic to its environment, today’s Radisson Collection Royal Copenhagen is just as Jacobsen had always intended it to be.
SPECIAL THANKS A special thanks to the REPUBLIC OF Fritz Hansen for providing imagery, historic facts, archive materials and product specifications that made this book possible. Thank you also for joining us on our journey with Radisson Collection, the premium lifestyle collection of the Radisson Hotel Group defined by exceptional experiences.
A R A D I S S O N CO L L EC T I O N H OT E L Radisson Collection Hotel, Royal Copenhagen Hammerichsgade 1 Copenhagen V, DK-1611 Danmark radissoncollection.com /en/royalhotel-copenhagen
