Editing Arne Jacobsen (section)

===Pre-World War II career===
[[File:Life guard tower, Klampenborg.jpg|thumb|200px|One of Jacobsen's lifeguard towers at [[Bellevue Beach]] ]]
The year after winning the "House of the Future" award, Arne Jacobsen set up his own office. He designed the functionalist [[Rothenborg House]], which he planned in every detail, a characteristic of many of his later works.<ref>{{cite web
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Soon afterwards, he won a competition from [[Gentofte Municipality]] for the design of a seaside resort complex in [[Klampenborg]] on the [[Øresund]] coast just north of Copenhagen. The various components of the resort became his major public breakthrough in Denmark, further establishing him as a leading national proponent of the [[International Style (architecture)|International Modern Style]]. In 1932, the first item, the [[Bellevue Beach|Bellevue Sea Bath]], was completed. Jacobsen designed everything from the characteristic blue-striped [[lifeguard tower]]s, kiosks and changing cabins to the tickets, season cards and even the uniforms of the employees.<ref name="villabyerne">{{cite web|url=http://gentofte.lokalavisen.dk/article/20090514/ARTIKLER/73775119/-1|title=Arne Jacobsens betagende Bellevue og Bellavista|publisher=Villabyerne|access-date=16 January 2010|archive-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130129/http://gentofte.lokalavisen.dk/article/20090514/ARTIKLER/73775119/-1|url-status=dead}}</ref> The focal point of the area was supposed to have been a [[lookout tower]], more than a hundred metres high with a revolving restaurant at the top but it was abandoned after huge local protests. Still, it is reflected in the overall arrangement of buildings in the area which all follow lines that extend from their missing centre. In 1934, came the Bellavista residential development, built in concrete, steel and glass, with smooth surfaces and open floor planning, free of any excesses or ornaments. Completing the white trilogy in 1937, the [[Bellevue Teatret|Bellevue Theatre]] featured a retractable roof allowing open-air performances.<ref name="villabyerne"/> These early works clearly show the influence of the White Cubist architecture Jacobsen had encountered in Germany, particularly at the [[Weissenhof Estate]] in [[Stuttgart]]. The cluster of white buildings at Bellevue also includes the [[Skovshoved Petrol Station|Skovshoved Filling Station]]. In their day, these projects were described as "The dream of the modern lifestyle".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcspace.com/architects/jacobsen/restuarant/restaurant_index.html |title=Arne Jacobsen -Restaurant Jacobsen |publisher=arcspace |access-date=16 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308001440/http://www.arcspace.com/architects/jacobsen/restuarant/restaurant_index.html |archive-date=8 March 2010 }}</ref>

[[File:Århus Rådhus.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Århus City Hall]]
Despite considerable public opposition to his avant-garde style, Jacobsen went on to build [[Stelling House]] on [[Gammeltorv]], one of Copenhagen's most historic squares. Although the modernistic style is rather restrained and was later seen as a model example of building in a historic setting, it caused virulent protests in its day. One newspaper wrote that Jacobsen ought to be "banned from architecture for life".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcspace.com/architects/jacobsen/louisiana/Louisiana.html |title=Arne Jacobsen – Absolutely Modern |publisher=arcspace |access-date=16 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021060841/http://www.arcspace.com/architects/jacobsen/louisiana/Louisiana.html |archive-date=21 October 2009 }}</ref>

When, together with [[Erik Møller]], he won a competition for the design of [[Århus City Hall]] it was with yet another controversial design. It was deemed too modern and too anti-monumental. In the end Jacobsen had to add a tower as well as marble cladding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dac.dk/visKanonVaerk.asp?artikelID=2590|title=ÅRHUS RÅDHUS (1942|publisher=Danish Architecture Center|access-date=16 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719124042/http://www.dac.dk/visKanonVaerk.asp?artikelID=2590|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> Still, it is considered one of his most important buildings. It consists of three offset volumes.