Chess Hotel Paris by Gilles & Boissier.The Chess Hotel in Paris features fifty rooms - eleven on each differently coloured floor, ranging from beautifully coloured clay, mustard hues and three shades of blue. All different and all calm. To Patrick Gilles & Dorothée Boissier,...
1950s House Saint-Forget by Andre Wogenscky, Photographed by Frederik Vercruysse.Shot by Flemish photographer Frederik Vercruysse, this minimalist temple of modernism was built in 1957. Located approximately 45km out of Paris, the house was designed by Andre Wogenscky, a renowned architect who worked with Le Corbusier...
Pathé Foundation by Renzo Piano Building Workshop // Paris, France.Attention all archi-film buffs! Renzo Piano has recently built the new headquarters for the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé in Paris, France and what an impressive HQ it is. Looking like an extra-terrestrial spaceship from a 1960’s...
Ancient Monastery in Anjou, France Transformed Into a Magnificent Hotel & Restaurant.Paris-based design duo Patrick Jouin & Sanjit Manku of Jouin Manku have redesigned the interior of an old Saint-Lazare monastery in France, transforming it into a rather tremendous hotel and a restaurant. Keeping the layers of a 1000 years...
Glorious Heritage Apartment Interiors by Regis Larroque // Paris.While snooping around Regis Larroque website, I experienced a number of heart stopping moments. These picture perfect heritage apartments were all refurbished in effortlessly cool style with truckloads of personality. None of that...
Le Corbusier’s Studio-Apartment Opens For Visits.Le Corbusier’s studio-apartment occupies the last two floors of the Molitor apartment block, located at 24, rue Nungesser et Coli. Designed between 1931 and 1934 by Le Corbusier and his cousin and associate, Pierre Jeanneret, the...
Totally Terrific Triangles in Architecture & Interiors.I have a serious weakness for pure forms and simple geometry. What? You knew that already? I know, I'm becoming super predictable. Having said that, as much as I cannot get passed squares, rectangles, circles and hexagons (my personal...
Hôtel Dupanloup (Research Centre) by Studio Makkink & Bey // Orléans, France.Once the home of a notorious bishop, Hôtel Dupanloup - a 17th century building in the French town of Orléans - has recently been redesigned to function as an International Research Centre of the University of Orléans. Rotterdam based...
Pierre Charpin’s Installation at Apartment N°50 by Le Corbusier // Marseille, France.Within the iconic Cité radieuse in Marseilles designed by Le Corbusier, Apartment N°50 was scrupulously protected in its original 1952 state, classified as a "Historic Monument" in 1995. It opens regularly to the public during the summer...
