A white tiled station under a thin oval concrete canopy on a single column, built by Arne Jacobsen in 1939 and still selling fuel.
At a glance
On Kystvejen, the coast road north of Copenhagen, Arne Jacobsen built this petrol station in 1939 as part of a plan for the Bellevue seafront. The building is clad in white ceramic tiles, and a flat oval canopy of reinforced concrete rests on one slender column. Denmark listed it in 1986. The car wash no longer works and the kiosk has become an ice-cream café, but the station still sells fuel.
Key facts
- Architect: Arne Jacobsen
- Built: 1939
- Address: Kystvejen 24, Gentofte
- Listed: 8 July 1986
- Restoration: around 2002, new canopy structure and large glass front
- GPS: 55.7632490, 12.5994830 · Open in Google Maps
History
The Danish register of protected buildings describes it as an early piece of motoring infrastructure and as part of his research into new materials and forms.
What you see
A small white building of tiled concrete, with a large window, and in front of it the oval canopy balanced on its single support over the pumps.
Related
Sources
- Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen, Fredede og bevaringsværdige bygninger, Kystvejen 24, Gentofte: Arne Jacobsen, 1939, listed 8 July 1986, the restoration around 2002, the present use
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