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BK11 Lounge Chair

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While the BK11 Lounge Chair was made for the outdoors, its beautiful teak finish means it would feel right at home in your living room, as well. For Bodil Kjær, designing has always involved a dialogue with architecture, and her work has always been created for humans. She has worked to create harmony between design and architecture - an ambition that, in 1959, resulted in an elegant outdoor furniture series characterized by such high functional and aesthetic qualities, that it was also suitable for indoor use. The furniture has a clear identity, an evident simplicity, and is based on high-quality materials and superior craftsmanship.

Designed by Bodil Kjaer

Bodil Kjær, Professor, Architect MAA was born in Denmark in 1932. She was educated in Denmark, England and the USA, and practised as an architect, designer and planner from her own offices in Copenhagen and London.

Between 1955 and 1963, while designing public interiors Bodil Kjær developed a series of elements of architecture to solve problems of functional and aesthetic nature. These pieces of furniture, lamps and glass were not designed directly for production, but as other architects discovered them and wanted them for their buildings, they were put into production and marketed in the USA as well as in Europe. Early on architects like Jose Luis Sert and Paul Rudolph, the heads of the schools of architecture at Harvard and Yale universities discovered Bodil Kjær´s designs and wanted them for the buildings they were designing. Harry Weese in Chicago and Marcel Breuer in New York wanted to specify them, too.

Dimensions

W27.8 x D28.5” x H29.3”
15.7” seat height
25.6” arm height

Materials & Options

 

  • Legs, seat, and back in solid, untreated teak wood
  • Available with optional cushion 

 

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Contact Hollace Cluny for more information at 416 968 7894 or send us an inquiry.

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