Bøger af Michael Sheridan

Mesterværker er en hyldest til en meget vigtig periode i dansk arkitektur - og i særdeleshed til de danske arkitekter i verdensklasse, som gav os nogle helt nye bud på, hvordan et moderne enfamiliehus kan udformes.Bogens forfatter er den amerikanske arkitekt Michael Sheridan. Med den særlige faglige indsigt, der er en følge af forfatterens mangeårige kærlighed til dansk bygningskunst og design, beskriver Michael Sheridan 14 arkitektoniske mesterværker fra perioden 1950-1962.I bogen fortæller han den fascinerende historie om en særlig dansk fortolkning af det moderne i arkitekturen - en historie, der peger frem mod en ny guldalder i arkitekturen.Husene er tegnet af 11 store danske arkitekter, heriblandt Jørn Utzon, Arne Jacobsen, Jørgen Bo og Vilhelm Wohlert, Hanne Kjærholm, Erik Christian Sørensen og Halldor Gunnløgsson. De bliver alle portrætteret i bogens tredje og sidste del.

Light, airy, and clear-Danish single-family homes set standards

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art i Humlebæk er berømt over hele verden for samspillet mellem kunst, arkitektur og natur.Af afgørende betydning for Louisianas arkitektur er det årtier lange samarbejde mellem grundlæggeren, Knud Jensen, og de to arkitekter, Jørgen Bo og Vilhelm Wohlert, som tegnede alle museets bygninger mellem 1956 og 1991.Inspirationen kom i høj grad fra de naturlige omgivelser, som engang blev beskrevet som ”de smukkeste Puncter paa hele Kysten.” Bygningerne, de skabte for at bevare det landskab, er et vidnesbyrd om Louisianas udvikling: fra en lille samling af dansk kunst til et museum af internationalt format. Fra forfatteren bag bestselleren Mesterværker, Michael Sheridan, kommer her en fortættet historie om museet Louisiana, der føjer væsentlige pointer til den gængse fortælling og anvender meget nyt og hidtil ukendt materiale.

Midt i København, på 6. sal i SAS-huset, ligger Værelse 606 som et velbevaret mikrokosmos af den danske arkitekt og designer Arne Jacobsens definitive mesterværk. Værelse 606 er i dag det eneste bevarede interiør i SAS-huset, som stod færdigt i 1960 og er designet af Jacobsen for SAS. Bygningen rummede både det luksuriøse SAS Royal Hotel og en lufthavnsterminal.SAS-huset er det mest helstøbte værk i Jacobsens karriere. Her udfoldede han alle sine talentersom designer af møbler, lamper, tekstiler, haver, typografi og bordservice. Som et fragment, der rummer hele bygningens essens, danner Værelse 606 afsæt for en rekonstruktion af Jacobsens forsvundne mesterværk i ord og billeder.Denne gennemillustrerede bog, som indeholder næsten 500 fotos og tegninger, tager læseren med på en virtuel rundvisning på SAS Royal Hotel og i lufthavnsterminalen, som de fremstod i 1960, og sporer SAS-husets inspirationskilder til en række tidligere bygningsværker og designobjekter. Den udforskning af Jacobsens værk, som indledes i Værelse 606, giver dermed en generel introduktion til hele hans karriere.Arkitekt Michael Sheridan, som bor og arbejder i New York, er en internationalt anerkendt ekspert i moderne dansk arkitektur og design og forfatter til blandt andet Mesterværker – enfamiliehuseti dansk arkitekturs guldalder (2011) og Louisiana – arkitektur og landskab (2017).

Den amerikanske arkitekt og forfatter Michael Sheridan stiller i denne bog skarpt på en lang række arketypiske danske design, som har bevaret deres aktualitet takket være deres uovertrufne funktionalitet og enkle form. Hvert designobjekt er resultatet af en årelang udviklingsproces, der forener æstetik, funktion og anvendelighed med afsæt i en rig designtradition. Bogen følger blandt andet Kay Bojesens bestikserie Grand Prix, Grethe Meyers stentøjsserie Ildpot, Mogens Kochs lampe Le Klint 105 og Arne Jacobsens stålserie Cylinda-line – fra håndlavede prototyper over udvikling og forfinelse til massefremstillede produkter. Foruden historiske illustrationer og nye tegninger indeholder bogen over 300 fotos taget af Mikkel Jul Hvilshøj specielt til denne bog.Michael Sheridan er arkitekt, forfatter og dr.arch. og en af verdens førende eksperter inden for moderne dansk arkitektur og design. Han er forfatter til bl.a. Mesterværker. Enfamiliehuset i dansk arkitekturs guldalder (2011) og Værelse 606. SAS-huset og Arne Jacobsens øvrige værk (2023). Sheridan har desuden været en førende stemme i kampen for at frede det ikoniske SAS-hotel i København. Fredningen blev gennemført i august i år.

Twenty-one portraits of objects from Danish Modernism that remain relevant to this day. From 1940-80, a group of Danish architects and designers created a series of mass-produced objects that have the quality of archetypes: basic equipment for daily life reduced to their essential and timeless forms. Created at the intersection of craft tradition and industrial production, these items of furniture, lighting, cookware and tableware remain absolutely relevant and a number of them are still in production. A decade in the making, Archetypes offers the reader illuminating and richly illustrated profiles of twenty-one extraordinary designs that are emblematic of Danish material culture: modest, ethical and sustainable. Chapters on each archetype include biographical information on the designer, their creative processes, and detailed descriptions of the objects.

A vivid and readable history of Hong Kong, the rise of China and the birth of globalisation which the general reader will enjoy for its story-telling, characters and drama; a book full of first-time accounts from insiders, original Chinese documents and memoirs; offering insights on how the democracies can deal with China and engage with the world's second largest economy.

In the center of Copenhagen, on the sixth floor of the Royal Hotel, Room 606 preserves the definitive masterwork of the Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen, in microcosm. Room 606 is the only surviving interior of the SAS House: the combined luxury hotel and satellite air terminal that Jacobsen designed for the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and finished in 1960.The SAS House was the most complete commission of Jacobsen’s career, in which he exercised the full range of his talents as a designer of furniture, lamps, textiles, gardens, lettering and tableware. As the fragment that encapsulates the whole building, Room 606 serves as a lens for reconstructing Jacobsen’s vanished masterwork in words and images.Richly illustrated with nearly 500 photographs and drawings, this book guides the reader on a virtual tour through the Royal Hotel and SAS Air Terminal as they were in 1960 – and traces the origins of the SAS House to a series of earlier buildings and objects. As a result, the study of Jacobsen’s work that begins in Room 606 ultimately provides a general introduction to his entire career.New York-based architect Michael Sheridan is an internationally recognized scholar of modern Danish architecture and design. His books on these subjects include Landmarks: The Modern House in Denmark (2014) and Louisiana: Architecture and Landscape (2017).

Just before Christmas, 1996, a beautiful French woman - the wife of a movie mogul - was brutally murdered outside of her holiday home in a remote region of West Cork, Ireland. The crime was reported by a local journalist, Ian Bailey, who was at the forefront of the case until he became the prime murder suspect. Arrested twice, he was released without charge. This was the start of a saga lasting decades with twists and turns and a battle for justice in two countries, which culminated in the 2019 conviction of Bailey - in his absence - by the French Criminal court in Paris. But it was up to the Irish courts to decide whether he would be extradited to serve a 25-year prison sentence.With the unrivalled co-operation of major investigation sources and the backing of the victim''s family, the author unravels the shocking facts of a unique murder case.

Just before Christmas, 1996, a beautiful French woman - the wife of a movie mogul - was brutally murdered outside of her holiday home in a remote region of West Cork, Ireland. The crime was reported by a local journalist, Ian Bailey, who was at the forefront of the case until he became the prime murder suspect. Arrested twice, he was released without charge. This was the start of a saga lasting decades with twists and turns and a battle for justice in two countries, which culminated in the 2019 conviction of Bailey - in his absence - by the French Criminal court in Paris. But it was up to the Irish courts to decide whether he would be extradited to serve a 25-year prison sentence.With the unrivalled co-operation of major investigation sources and the backing of the victim''s family, the author unravels the shocking facts of a unique murder case.

Just before Christmas, 1996, a beautiful French woman - the wife of a movie mogul - was brutally murdered outside of her holiday home in a remote region of West Cork, Ireland. The crime was reported by a local journalist, Ian Bailey, who was at the forefront of the case until he became the prime murder suspect. Arrested twice, he was released without charge. This was the start of a saga lasting decades with twists and turns and a battle for justice in two countries, which culminated in the 2019 conviction of Bailey - in his absence - by the French Criminal court in Paris. But it was up to the Irish courts to decide whether he would be extradited to serve a 25-year prison sentence.With the unrivalled co-operation of major investigation sources and the backing of the victim''s family, the author unravels the shocking facts of a unique murder case.