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Musée du Louvre strikers call for €700 million renovation plans to be abandoned

January 9, 2026 Amy Peacock 0

Staff members of the Musée du Louvre in Paris went on strike this week, demanding that plans to renovate and add a new entrance to the museum be scrapped in favor of building maintenance. The staff members staged a walkout on Monday, causing the world’s most visited museum to be closed in the morning before

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Studio Asaï blends “French classicism with British eccentricity” in Parisian apartment

November 10, 2025 Rachael Gilby 0

French design firm Studio Asaï has revamped a residence in Paris informed by the vibrant nightlife of London’s “swinging sixties”. Overlooking the Bois de Boulogne, the 320-square-metre apartment was designed for a young family relocating from London and comprises two living spaces, a library, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a kitchen and a separate dining area.

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Foster + Partners converts Parisian building into “hospitality-driven” gallery and restaurant

October 30, 2025 Amy Peacock 0

British studio Foster + Partners has transformed a 1970s building on the Champs-Élysées in Paris into a gallery and studio for US furniture brand RH, topped with a rooftop restaurant. Foster + Partners worked with RH on the building conversion, aiming to create what it described as a “hospitality-driven gallery space” that brings together retail and

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Dezeen Debate features Jean Nouvel’s “radical design” for Fondation Cartier

October 28, 2025 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features French architect Jean Nouvel’s overhaul of a 19th-century department store in Paris. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Nouvel converted a historic department store next to the Louvre in Paris into a new home for Fondation Cartier, complete with movable gallery spaces. Readers discussed the project, with

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Luke Edward Hall blends British and French interior design at Deux Gares Express

October 28, 2025 Cajsa Carlson 0

Designer Luke Edward Hall used antique and custom-made furniture, trompe l’oeil marble and hessian wallpaper to make visitors “feel very at home” at the Deux Gares Express restaurant in Paris. Located next to the Les Deux Gares hotel, also designed by Hall, the space was intended to have a different feel from the hotel’s existing

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Atelier HA uses colour “as a structural element” in renovated Parisian apartment

September 15, 2025 Alice Laycock 0

A striped kitchen sets the tone for a colourful design scheme within this Parisian apartment, which was renovated by local studio Atelier HA. The 60-square-metre apartment is located in Paris’ bohemian Pigalle neighbourhood, and local studio Atelier HA wanted to imbue its spirit into the interior, especially in the living area. “Pigalle itself, with its

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Dezeen Agenda features the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station by Kengo Kuma

November 7, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station by Kengo Kuma and Associates. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has revealed the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris, featuring a facade wrapped in vertical wooden louvres. The 35,000-square-meter station was constructed as part of the

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Policronica crafts Parisian hotel interior using “invasive wood”

November 7, 2024 Rachael Gilby 0

Design studio Policronica has transformed the interior of Hotel Elysée Montmartre in Paris, relying almost exclusively on a single species of wood. The 850-square-metre space nods to the studio’s signature aesthetic and features a monochrome interior characterised by architectural woodwork and wooden furnishings. Nearly every element of the hotel interior was custom-designed and crafted on-site

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Kengo Kuma completes Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris

November 5, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris, which is wrapped by vertical wooden louvres. Built by Kengo Kuma and Associates as part of the Grand Paris Express – a new transport system made up of rapid transit lines – the station serves as an interchange between four metro

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Uchronia designs Cafe Shin to be “halfway between Paris and Seoul”

November 4, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

French studio Uchronia has completed the interiors for Cafe Shin in Paris, which features a central coffee counter topped with a washi-paper roof to emulate a traditional Korean house. Located on Rue des Petites-Écuries in the city’s 10th arrondissement, Cafe Shin was designed to pay tribute to Seoul’s thriving coffee culture. “The idea was to

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