Cobe Designs Museum Wegner to Honor Danish Furniture Designer Hans J Wegner
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Lizzie Crook
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Summary
Architecture studio Cobe is designing Museum Wegner in Denmark to celebrate the work of renowned Danish furniture designer Hans J Wegner. The museum will be located in Tønder, where Wegner spent his childhood and trained as a carpenter. The design incorporates a pair of old farm buildings into a 5,000 square meter facility on marshland, creating a cultural destination that honors Wegner's legacy as an "absolute legend in Danish design."
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Museum Wegner is being planned by Cobe for a marshland just outside the southwestern town of Tønder, where the designer spent his childhood and trained as a carpenter.
Encompassing 5,000 square meters, the museum will create a new cultural destination celebrating Wegner's legacy.
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