Get Your Fix of Midcentury Scandinavian Design at This Copenhagen Hotel
To say that Hotel Alexandra was dedicated to Danish midcentury design would be an understatement.
Located in Copenhagen just steps from the Tivoli Garden and City Hall Square, Hotel Alexandra is an authentic love letter to the greatest hits of Danish design. The retro-chic vibe hits you the moment you enter the lobby—and as they state on their website, staying at Hotel Alexandra feels like you're "staying with your Danish design-loving friend in Copenhagen."
Originally built as luxury apartments, the 61-room hotel has been in operation for over 100 years and has amassed a large collection of vintage Danish-midcentury furniture in the process. Like a preserved time capsule, every detail has been accounted for. The handpicked pieces are displayed in rotation and showcased with style and care. If you book a stay in the Collector's Suites, the iconic furniture designs are even available for purchase.
Hotel Alexandra's midcentury influences become abundantly clear the moment you enter the lobby.
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The mood is set with a Poet sofa and Pelican chair by Finn Juhl, vintage prints, and a coffee table from Tove and Edvard Kindt-Larsen.
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"1970" Deluxe Room
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Standard Double "Danish Retro Room"
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Finn Juhl's Egyptian chair is paired with a Lady Writing Table by Hans J. Wegner. The desk lamp is by Arne Jacobsen.
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The Finn Juhl Deluxe Room boasts a Finn Juhl NV 53 Chair and NV 53 Sofa.
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Arne Jacobsen's Egg Chair
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A royal blue Panton 1-2-3 Lounge Chair completes the Collector's Suite. All of the furniture in this space is for sale.
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Fritz Hansen Egg Chair
Along with the birth of the Swan chair, Swan sofa, and Series 3300, Arne Jacobsen also created the Egg chair for the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. When he was commissioned to design and furnish the entire project in 1958, he pulled out all the stops in order to create integrated and forward-thinking results. As one of the project’s most innovative designs, the Egg chair and foot stool was unexpected in a space that was filled with vertical and horizontal surfaces. The sculptural shape was first imagined in Jacobsen’s garage near Copenhagen, where he also designed the Swan for the lobby and reception areas of the hotel. The reclining and rotatable chair is made of a strong polyurethane foam inner shell that’s upholstered and reinforced with glass fibre. The tilt mechanism is made of steel sheet, steel tubing, and spring steel. Like Jacobsen's other designs, it's available in a wide range of fabrics and leathers.
ShopOnecollection Pelican Chair
It’s shocking to think of Finn Juhl designing this sculptural chair more than 80 years ago, and the Pelican Chair (1940) is still “out there” by today’s standards. With graceful curves that wrap the sitter in its embrace, Pelican is true to Juhl’s idea that “a chair is not just a product of decorative art in a space, it is a form and a space in itself.” The upholstery is hand-sewn onto the frame. Made in Denmark.
ShopFinn Juhl Poet Sofa
Finn Juhl designed the Poet Sofa for his own home in 1941. The open-plan design of his rural abode offered garden views from every room, an organic influence that can be seen in the subtle curvature of the sofa back and arms. Taking cues from surrealist art, Juhl's designs exhibited comfort, craftsmanship, and a respect for the materials used. The Poet Sofa—which got its nickname in 1959 after being featured in the Danish film The Poet and His Wife—is available in a variety of fabrics and leathers, and the legs come in several types of wood.
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