LIfeguard station at the Bellevue Beach near Copenhagen on a late summer day. The lifeguard station is designed by Arne Jacobsen, modernist architect.
LIfeguard station at the Bellevue Beach in Tårbæk, a northern Copenhagen suburb at the coastal road, on a late summer day. The lifeguard station is designed by Arne Jacobsen. After a renovation the towers are not in use as actual observation posts anymore, but have become icons of the famous beach. Arne Jacobsen (Arne Emil Jacobsen) - born 1902 died 1971 – was one of Denmark’s most successful architects and designers. He developed the Danish Modern style and contributed to the Architectural Functionalism. Furthermore he was one of the most important Danish designers - especially known for the simple but effective chair designs. In Klampenborg about 10 kms north of Copenhagen you will find a large area dominated by buildings designed by Arne Jacobsen. Driving south on the coastal road from Elsinore to Copenhagen you will first note the remarkable Bellevue Theatre. Turning your head at this place and looking towards the sea you will among buildings see his design of lifeguard stations on the Bellevue Beach. Nearly connected to the theatre buildings you will meet remarkable designed, white buildings with flats – and a bit further south a large group of non-detached town houses. Arne Jacobsen lived in one of these himself in his older days (the last one facing the coastal road). Before this period of his life he lived in Charlottenlund – a few kilometres closer to Copenhagen – in a larger house.
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Location: Klampenborg, Bellevue Beach, Denmark
Photo credit: © Niels Quist / Alamy / Afripics
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