Based on an atypical 1930s building with industrial architecture, the hotel aims to offer guests the unique feeling of owning their own pied-à-terre in Paris.
In a domestic style in keeping with the neighborhood, all the rooms, some of them duplexes, are perceived as collectors’ studios, just like the common areas, where works of art and limited-edition furniture give the project a unique identity.
Hôtel Le Cinq Codet celebrates contemporary artists, both renowned and up-and-coming: paintings by Caroline Touzet and Cyril Destrade-Léveillé, photographs by Jean-Pierre Porcher, Véronique Durruty, Christian Bassot, Christophe Dugied and Gilles Trillard, as well as paintings and sculptures by Béatrice Grandjean, graphics by Minakami Lab and paintings by Julio Rondo. No fewer than 400 works of art add to this unique residential ambience. Alongside them, exclusive pieces of furniture designed for the site by Agence Nuel stand alongside design icons such as Elisabeth Garouste, Tom Dixon and Patricia Urquiola.
A bubble of serenity
A central feature of the hotel, the verdant patio offers a soothing natural shelter from the urban environment. An organ-work screen invites you into a haven where plant species form a protective canopy. Ample circular ash benches converse with comfortable white-cushioned chairs, parasols and deckchairs. Photophores and poetic lighting confirm the charm of a special place. It’s a feeling you can feel as soon as you enter the lobby. Stretching beneath the banded windows, bookcases adorned with works of art and books interact with exclusive furnishings. The desks have been redesigned as two marble monoliths that seem to await the sculptor’s chisel, echoing Jean-Pierre Porcher’s monumental photographs of Rodin’s work. Gigantic cubic lampshades extend to the ceiling, embodying the hotel’s concept of “object boxes”. Emblematic of the refinement of Charles Editions, the organic Clé d’Or concierge desk, designed by Agence Nuel, confirms the hotel’s personality. Designed as a natural extension of the patio, the lounge bar cultivates the ambiance of a luminous loft workshop, with green or black 30s/40s-inspired sofas, light oak-stained bar stools and perforated steel screens. Furniture designed to adapt perfectly to guests’ needs. Informal business meetings by the fireplace, post-exhibition tea – the area abounds with museums, including Rodin, Invalides and Orsay – or a post-shopping break in the neighboring streets (Clerc, Saint-Dominique). Breakfast has also been reinvented: served around a custom-made table d’hôte in a central island, it allows the chef to converse with his customers and turn their desires into reality in his “show kitchen”.
Paris autrement
On the hotel’s top floor, four exceptional suites with landscaped terraces reveal a unique view of Paris. In the foreground, the tercentenary Dome of Les Invalides reveals its trophies chiselled in gold, a spectacle to be savoured comfortably on a deckchair or even in your private Jacuzzi, enveloped in the scents of nearby plants: Bohemian olive trees, gauras, Australian mint, roses, camellias. On the other side, the Eiffel Tower rises proudly, surrounded by the rooftops, gardens and monuments of Paris. Bathed in natural light, each unostentatiously luxurious suite boasts an atypical layout, offering numerous living scenarios. Sliding doors bring the different areas together, from the king-size bedroom facing the fascinating panorama, to the living room evocative of a collector’s loft, with oiled oak parquet flooring, a masterly sofa and a luminous totem pole in patinated bronze brass adorned with blown glass balls. Also facing the terrace and the view of Paris, the bathroom combines oak walls and white and dark tiles, with “lampshade” basins and bathtubs set in front of the bay window – an unforgettable experience.
The hotel’s originality is evident in the corridors, where the corbels create a singular geometry, underlined by the graphic work of Béatrice Grandjean. The idea of a collector’s apartment to make one’s own emerges as soon as you step through the door. The soft chromatic range (natural oak, ecru and white) highlights the luminosity of the space and the beauty of the volumes, worked into welcoming curves spiked with references to industrial design.
In the duplex rooms, the corner banquette extends into a staircase flanked by a wall with a rounded top, pierced by a porthole inspired by 1930s ocean liners. The roundness of the table, designed by Jean-Philippe Nuel, with its resinated linen base and smoked glass top, complements that of the atomic chandelier above. The bench can replace the traditional suitcase holder, deliberately omitted, while the staircase steps, with integrated markers, offer informal seating. The frosted mirror sliding door opens onto the bathroom.
The trompe-l’oeil parquet floor and wooden elements beautifully extend the space. A luminous cocoon full of personality, the bedroom, where the bed adjoins the bathtub, reinforces the experience of living Paris differently, from the inside, in complete tranquillity. Bedside tables and metal reading lights, for a quirky industrial touch, interact with photographs and paintings randomly arranged on the headboard and sofa.
Wellness
Wrapped in bamboo, adorned with a rocking chair and topped with a cylindrical lamp, the outdoor Jacuzzi invites absolute relaxation. Alongside it, a double cabin and mixed hammam, as well as a herbal tea room, extend your sense of well-being. The fitness room is fully equipped to keep you in shape.
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