Savoy Hotel Copenhagen is a 66-room, privately run hotel located at Vesterbrogade 34 in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The hotel is based in the rear wing of the Løvenborg Building, Denmark's first example of Art Nouveau.[1]
| Savoy Hotel Copenhagen | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Coordinates | 55°40′21.36″N 12°33′22.68″E / 55.6726000°N 12.5563000°E |
| Opening | 1906 |
| Owner | Dreyers Fond (building) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Anthon Rosen |
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| Number of rooms | 66 |
The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1885. It is owned by Dreyers Fond,
History
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The building was constructed for master joiner Carl Kaas-Rasmussen. In 1906, he demolished the existing buildings at the site. They included a four-storey residential building from 1861. The new building was completed the following year with the assistance of the architect Anton Rosen. It originally contained a cinema and a shop in the ground floor, commercial space in the middle floors, a residential apartment on the fourth floor and a seamstress in the attic.[2]
The building was acquired by the Bygningsbevaringsfonden in 1995. It was subsequently restored and refurbished with the assistance of Erik Møller Arkitekter. It received the Europa Nostra Award in 2003.[3]
The building has later been acquired by the Margot and Thorvald Dreyer Foundation.
Architecture
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The building was in several ways a novelty at the time of its construction. It is the first example of the Art Nouveau style in Denmark, Rosen being its main proponent in the country. The facade is richly decorated. Not part of the supporting structure, it is the first example of a curtain wall in Denmark. Løvenborg also features the first elevator in Denmark, still fully functioning.[4] The building was listed in 1985.[5]
Hotel Savoy
editThe 66-room Hotel Savoy is operated by a separate company in the rear wing of the building. As of 1 May 2019, Christian Oxlund sold it to Karim Nielsen.[6]
Further reading
edit- Hvass, Svend M: Rosen og Løvenborg. Kunstakademiets Arkitektskoles Forlag, 2003.
- Løvenborg
References
edit- ^ "Historien" (in Danish). Savoy Hotel. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ "Anton Rosen - Løvenborg på Vesterbrogade" (PDF) (in Danish). Erik Møller Arkitekter. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
- ^ "European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards". EU. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ "A dash of Art Nouveau and New York on Vesterbro". Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ "Sag: Løvenborg" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ "Kendt dansk brancheprofil bliver hoteldirektør". HORESTA (in Danish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
External links
edit- Official website of Savoy Hotel
- Images from arkitekturbilleder.dk