Paustian
The Paustian furniture house on the waterfront in Copenhagen was inspired by the typical Danish beech forest with its tall, slim trunks. "We often took a trip to a forest or a beach during the creative part of our work. Mainly because my father sees issues more clearly when he talks them through with us on a walk in some beautiful natural setting," explains architect Jan Utzon, who collaborated with his father on the project. "A walk in a Danish beech forest is like walking through a peristyle. The underlying idea in the Paustian building became its many columns, sometimes grouped close together, at other times further apart. Sunlight is shed down by skylights in the roof onto the various floors." The inside is just as exciting; the finest furniture designs by designers Aalto, Eames and Le Corbusier. The Copenhagen Harbor later commissioned the Utzons to design 2 additional buildings: a Sail Club and "Lakajen", a restaurant and an office building.
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