Across the street from the Luxembourg gardens, Apartment XVI sits inside a 17th century hotel particulier courtyard. Man Ray, Hemingway and Jacques Prévert all lived across the street.
© Simone Bossi
The apartment belongs to a French American couple and this is their Parisian home. Our brief was to transform the place into a warm & contemporary Parisian apartment and allow as much flow between each room.
© Simone Bossi
All windows face West so capturing this (rare) lateral natural lighting from one room to the next was key. The brief also required to provide multiple opportunities to show an eclectic art collection, ranging from antiquities to contemporary works.
Project Info
Architects: Studio Razavi architecture
Area: 145 m²
Year: 2018
Country: France
Photographs: Simone Bossi
Manufacturers: Louis Poulsen
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