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Photo by PHILIPPE SERVENT

9. The Art Deco-inspired
lounge at Hotel SaintMarc, with geometric
printed drapes, velvet
seating, glass and metal
tables, and a wood
console with brass base.

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Boutique Beauties

Heritage is found in spades in the building that
Hotel Saint-Marc now calls home. Close to
Opéra Comique, it once served as the residence
of the Duke de Choiseul, dating back to 1791,
and has since been the site of a newspaper and
a famous Italian restaurant. It was in its last
incarnation as an office when it was purchased
by Nadia Murano and Denis Nourry, already
owners of Hotel du Petit Moulin, who then
involved Milan's Dimore Studio to transform
the property into a bijou hotel with 25 rooms
and one suite. Designed as private apartments
with eye-catching printed drapes, there are
six themes ranging from mustard yellow to
burgundy, all as backdrops to artistic objects
including lampshades produced in Murano and
mottled brass headboards by Osvaldo Borsani.
"We preserved the beautiful façade but the
interiors had to be redone completely," explains
Dimore Studio co-founder Britt Moran. "For
these, we envisioned a special atmosphere
of luxury inspired by the Art Deco period,
specifically Paris in the 1930s." Resplendent
in marble, the public spaces feature bespoke
furniture designed by the studio, from vibrant
velvet seating to tables in glass and metal, and
consoles made in precious woods with brass
bases. "We've allowed for the coexistence of past
and present through the use of iconic design
pieces and new custom-made items," co-founder
Emiliano Salci adds.
In the 5th arrondissement, owners Fabien
and Guillaume Sodano selected their paternal
grandfather-a 19th-century dandy-as muse
for the reinvention of the 68-room boutique,
Hôtel André Latin. Taking aesthetic influences
from the Belle Époque, local designer Michael
Malapert has worked to fuse the codes of a

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treated to a renovation too. Owner Anne Jousse
engaged Pascal Allaman to inject more warmth
into the 50 guestrooms, now divided into
yellow and orange tones, alluding to a revisited
Haussmann style. Accordingly, cornices and
moldings are introduced, the TV is presented
as art in a boxed frame, decorative brass bronze
is finished in an antique patina, and hardwood
floors come in ebony-tinted wenge. For the lobby,
Jousse turned to Géraldine Prieur. With an
Yves Saint Laurent photo serving as a reference,
Prieur's Rouge Absolu studio team crafted
bespoke furniture, including a bench seat in
walnut that is velvet tailored with a loop and
light fittings with nude raffia lampshades, to
complement the dark green, which creates "a
sense of entering into a private mansion rather
than a soulless lobby," notes the designer.

Floating Wonder

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bygone era with contemporary artistic values,
drawing on solid wood, graphic wallpaper, brass
accents, and black and white ceramic paving
as foundations. The new cocktail bar and living
room offer an array of marble bistro tables,
Art Deco illustrations, tweed-covered seating,
'50s-inspired furniture, and beveled mirrors well
suited to the surrounding Latin Quarter. There's
an unexpected mini concept store in the lobby,
dedicated to objects evoking dandy culture,
while new rooms are a symphony of leather,
wood, and brass.
Considered a pioneer of the boutique
movement, Hôtel Montalembert, a favorite with
writers and artists set in the Left Bank, has been

10. The bar area at
Hotel André Latin
offers marble tables,
bevelled mirrors, and
1950s-inspired seating.

Entirely new, France's first floating hotel, Off
Paris Seine by Elegancia, is moored in the
Quai d'Austerlitz, forming part of the city's
riverside development. The purpose-built barge,
consisting of twin structures with an interior
street, has been conceived by Gérard Ronzatti of
Seine Design to symbolize Paris with its left and
right banks. Charged with the design, Maurizio
Galante and Tal Lancman "aimed to create
an atmosphere that puts the visitor in a whole
different state of mind." This concept, they note,
is particularly well transmitted to the suites,
with their bubble-like, cocooning ambiance,
allowing guests to escape while remaining in the
city's heart. Modern evocations of four-poster
beds afford river views, furniture is rounded and
voluminous, and bathtubs pop in warm orange
and canary yellow shades. The reception is
marked by a copper chandelier made of waveshaped elements floating above the desk, itself
combining a 250-year-old piece of wood inserted
into a copper foil-covered base, according to the
design duo. The lounge bar meanwhile, divided
in two by a sundeck and long pool, presents
nooks both sociable and intimate, with a new
vision of leather club chairs interpreted to
include loveseats. Constructed to mirror the
external river atmosphere, the ceiling is covered
with 8,800 reflective metallic squares that
vibrate to movement. hd
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