Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Role: Interior Design
A corner room in a beautiful Copenhagen building, where tall windows curve around the bay and the city fills every pane. Red tiled rooftops lie on one side, the changing moods of the harbour and glass windows of Rem Koolhaas’ Danish Centre for Architecture on the other: old Copenhagen and new, held in a single view.
The approach was one of restraint. The room was kept simple so the light could do the work. Linen curtains soften the windows, oak herringbone runs underfoot, and a rust rug warms the floor through the long Danish winter. The original mouldings and panelling were left to speak for themselves.
The furniture is a selection of iconic pieces from Danish designers and Danish design houses. Hans J. Wegner's Flag Halyard chair sits by the window, softened with sheepskin, and his CH24 at the desk. Overhead, Jaime Hayon's paper lanterns for &Tradition diffuse the light as gently as the northern sky outside. Many hours were spent working late into the evening at that desk.
This was my Northern home, and I remember waking in this room each morning in awe of it all. The space, the light, the city beyond the balcony door. So much of what Copenhagen offered me as an architect and designer began here.