How pleasant it will be to stay in Paris in April !!!!
Maison Martin Margiela is first and foremost known for its anti-confirmist vision of fashion and its assured taste for deconstruction and détournement. Her world, punctuated by white, reflects the extreme creativity of her minimalist yet avant-garde pieces. But she is much less well known for her interior design skills.
After a first experience as an interior designer with the decoration of the ‘Elle Décoration‘ Suite at the Palais de Chaillot, Maison Martin Margiela was offered a project worthy of the prestigious house’s reputation: to re-design, renew and completely decorate all the reception and comfort areas of theMaison Champs-Élysées hotel, the former private residence of the Duchess of Rivoli. The inauguration of this future “5-star” hotel with 57 rooms (including 5 junior suites and 6 suites), located at the crossroads of the Champs Elysées traffic circle, the Grand Palais and Avenue Montaigne, is scheduled for April 2011.
Maison Champs-Elysées par la Maison Martin Margiela
Designed by French architect Jules Pellechet in the Haussmann style, construction of the mansion at 8 rue Jean Goujon began in 1864 and was completed in 1866. On the Duchesse’s death, the mansion was passed on to several descendants before being purchased on April 17, 1913 by Her Serene Highness Louise de Croye, Princess de Croye Solre. Her heirs then sold the building to the Société Anonyme “Maison des Centraux”, which turned it into an activity center for former students of the Ecole Centrale de Paris. In addition to being used by the association des Centraliens, the 6,000 m² building, renovated in the late 90s, is shared between several companies, including the hotel La Maison Champs-Élysées, currently owned by the luxury hotel chain Exclusive Hotels.
“We wanted to offer a clientele looking for a different kind of experience a redesigned living space, and with the help of Maison Martin Margiela we defined the codes for a new welcome (as well as the hotel’s 7 suites and 10 rooms – editor’s note), luxurious yet relaxed, in which minimalist forms are served by an incredible sense of detail, in the heart of a district that brings together the most prestigious French fashion houses“, explains Bernadette Chevallier, President, Exclusive Hotels for Maison Champs-Elyés.
Maison Martin Margiela, for its part, is delighted to create “a theatrical universe where reality and pretense mix. The set is like a succession of stagings where references are superimposed to create an atypical atmosphere where past and present harmoniously clash. “.
And we can’t wait to discover this mysterious place full of promise, can we, Maison Martin Margiela?
Hotel La Maison Champs Elysées
8 rue Jean Goujon 75008 Paris
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Marie-Odile Radom
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